I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Oklahoma State Cowboys
71 – 77
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
Big 12 Conference · Gallagher-Iba Arena · February 29, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread OKST -2.5 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money OKST -150 / UCF +115
Model Predictions
Spread Total OKST win
Actual UCF +6 148 Lost
Massey UCF -1.0 (-5.0) — —
Massey Totals — 138.3 (+9.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 53% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 53% ✗
Baseline Plus ML OKST -0.3 (-6.3) 144.5 (+3.5) 44% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ OKST -0.2 (-6.2) 143.0 (+5.0) 46% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML OKST -0.4 (-6.4) 141.4 (+6.6) 51% ✗
Baseline ML OKST -0.3 (-6.3) 143.1 (+4.9) 44% ✓

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 4, 2026 OKST 111 – 104 UCF
Jan 7, 2026 OKST 87 – 76 UCF
Mar 6, 2025 UCF 83 – 70 OKST
Feb 20, 2025 OKST 104 – 95 UCF
Mar 12, 2024 UCF 77 – 62 OKST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OKST UCF
Overall 12-20 17-16
Conference 4-14 7-11
Home 10-8 11-8
Away 1-9 3-7
Neutral 1-3 3-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L6 L2
Avg Pts For 71.0 71.7
Avg Pts Against 72.7 67.9
Massey 5.3 (#98) 9.7 (#53)
Bradley-Terry 0.44 (#132) 0.94 (#104)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.80 (#121) 1.36 (#94)
RPI 0.496 (#185) 0.533 (#117)
Shooting & Four Factors OKST UCF
FG% 44.8% 41.8%
3PT% 34.6% 31.7%
REB / G 34.2 38.0
OREB / G 9.3 12.3
AST / TO 1.10 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 47.6%
TOV% 18.5% 17.4%
ORB% 27.9% 32.4%
FT Rate 23.1% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 46.9%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 20.9%
DRB% 72.9% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 28.0%

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