Well you know that it's a shame and a pity you were raised up in the city / And you never learned nothing about country ways "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" - Country Joe and the Fish
Cincinnati Bearcats
90 68
FINAL Conference
BYU Cougars
Big 12 Conference · Fifth Third Arena · March 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -1.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Money CIN -130 / BYU +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total CIN win
Actual CIN +22 158 Won
Massey BYU -2.5 (+24.5)
Massey Totals 151.4 (+6.6)
Bradley-Terry 33%
Weighted B-T 40%
Efficiency Plus ML BYU -0.3 (+22.3) 148.3 (+9.7) 57%
Baseline Tuned ML CIN -0.3 (+21.7) 148.4 (+9.6) 53%
Baseline ML CIN -0.6 (+21.4) 149.7 (+8.3) 56%
Baseline Plus ML CIN -0.9 (+21.1) 150.1 (+7.9) 57%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 8, 2025 CIN 8466 BYU
Jan 26, 2025 BYU 8052 CIN
Jan 7, 2024 CIN 7160 BYU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CIN BYU
Overall 18-15 23-12
Conference 9-9 9-9
Home 15-3 14-3
Away 2-8 3-6
Neutral 1-4 6-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.1 83.5
Avg Pts Against 67.6 75.4
Massey 12.5 (#43) 18.0 (#22)
Bradley-Terry 1.75 (#57) 2.96 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.62 (#46) 3.62 (#24)
RPI 0.546 (#78) 0.610 (#24)
Shooting & Four Factors CIN BYU
FG% 43.1% 48.0%
3PT% 32.9% 35.3%
REB / G 37.0 38.7
OREB / G 11.2 12.1
AST / TO 1.41 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 55.1%
TOV% 16.7% 15.0%
ORB% 30.8% 33.9%
FT Rate 20.2% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 16.0%
DRB% 73.1% 71.2%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 20.4%

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