And with the way you look I understand you're not impressed. "Alison" - Elvis Costello
Kansas Jayhawks
69 56
FINAL Conference
Houston Cougars
Big 12 Conference · Allen Fieldhouse · February 24, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money KU +124 / HOU -148
Model Predictions
Spread Total KU win
Actual KU +13 125 Won
Massey HOU -0.5 (+13.5)
Massey Totals 135.3 (-10.3)
Bradley-Terry 52%
Weighted B-T 41%
Baseline Plus ML KU -0.1 (+12.9) 135.5 (-10.5) 52%
Model 4 ML KU -0.5 (+12.5) 137.6 (-12.6) 43%
Model 3 ML KU -0.7 (+12.3) 133.7 (-8.7) 52%
Baseline ML HOU -0.2 (+13.2) 133.6 (-8.6) 55%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 14, 2026 HOU 6947 KU
Mar 4, 2025 HOU 6559 KU
Jan 25, 2025 HOU 9286 KU
Mar 9, 2024 HOU 7646 KU
Feb 3, 2024 KU 7865 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings KU HOU
Overall 24-11 30-7
Conference 12-6 14-4
Home 13-2 15-1
Away 5-6 6-3
Neutral 6-3 9-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.1 76.9
Avg Pts Against 69.1 62.3
Massey 18.8 (#21) 22.3 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 3.53 (#13) 3.94 (#7)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.11 (#19) 5.05 (#5)
RPI 0.645 (#6) 0.638 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors KU HOU
FG% 47.0% 44.9%
3PT% 35.4% 34.0%
REB / G 38.5 37.0
OREB / G 9.4 13.1
AST / TO 1.40 1.82
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 52.1%
TOV% 15.4% 12.8%
ORB% 28.7% 36.7%
FT Rate 25.2% 20.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.3% 46.5%
Opp TOV% 13.7% 21.5%
DRB% 69.8% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 16.9% 26.8%

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