The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Iowa State Cyclones
79 75
FINAL Conference
Kansas Jayhawks
Big 12 Conference · Hilton Coliseum · January 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ISU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money ISU -200 / KU +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total ISU win
Actual ISU +4 154 Won
Massey ISU -9.1 (-5.1)
Massey Totals 146.3 (+7.7)
Bradley-Terry 49%
Weighted B-T 47%
Efficiency Plus ML ISU -7.8 (-3.8) 140.3 (+13.7) 81%
Baseline Tuned ML ISU -6.5 (-2.5) 142.7 (+11.3) 75%
Baseline ML ISU -6.6 (-2.6) 143.8 (+10.2) 80%
Baseline Plus ML ISU -6.6 (-2.6) 143.6 (+10.4) 81%

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 14, 2026 ISU 7456 KU
Jan 14, 2026 KU 8463 ISU
Feb 4, 2025 KU 6952 ISU
Jan 16, 2025 ISU 7457 KU
Mar 11, 2023 KU 7158 ISU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ISU KU
Overall 29-8 23-11
Conference 13-5 10-8
Home 18-0 15-1
Away 5-5 3-7
Neutral 6-3 4-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.3 75.3
Avg Pts Against 61.5 70.3
Massey 19.6 (#6) 14.2 (#20)
Bradley-Terry 2.22 (#29) 2.93 (#8)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.56 (#39) 3.45 (#7)
RPI 0.588 (#45) 0.644 (#9)
Shooting & Four Factors ISU KU
FG% 48.4% 50.3%
3PT% 34.6% 36.7%
REB / G 35.6 36.3
OREB / G 11.4 8.6
AST / TO 1.57 1.74
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.9% 55.9%
TOV% 15.8% 16.6%
ORB% 33.5% 27.5%
FT Rate 28.3% 24.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 46.3%
Opp TOV% 26.8% 17.5%
DRB% 73.5% 72.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 19.4%

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