And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Baylor Bears
82 – 74
FINAL Conference
Kansas Jayhawks
Big 12 Conference · Foster Pavilion · March 2, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -4.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money BAY -188 / KU +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual BAY +8 156 Won
Massey BAY -5.1 (+2.9) — —
Massey Totals — 151.6 (+4.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 60% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -6.2 (+1.8) 148.7 (+7.3) 73% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BAY -6.5 (+1.5) 148.0 (+8.0) 78% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BAY -6.1 (+1.9) 149.4 (+6.6) 80% ✓
Baseline ML BAY -5.8 (+2.2) 148.1 (+7.9) 80% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 17, 2026 KU 80 – 62 BAY
Feb 1, 2025 BAY 81 – 70 KU
Feb 10, 2024 KU 64 – 61 BAY
Feb 18, 2023 KU 87 – 71 BAY
Jan 24, 2023 BAY 75 – 69 KU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BAY KU
Overall 24-11 23-11
Conference 11-7 10-8
Home 15-2 15-1
Away 4-5 3-7
Neutral 5-4 4-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.9 75.3
Avg Pts Against 71.1 70.3
Massey 17.4 (#11) 15.6 (#16)
Bradley-Terry 2.38 (#18) 2.61 (#12)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.95 (#20) 3.10 (#15)
RPI 0.607 (#18) 0.625 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY KU
FG% 48.3% 49.4%
3PT% 40.4% 34.7%
REB / G 34.9 36.0
OREB / G 11.2 8.1
AST / TO 1.26 1.66
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.2% 54.5%
TOV% 17.5% 16.5%
ORB% 35.2% 25.6%
FT Rate 29.4% 23.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 46.9%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 17.1%
DRB% 71.8% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.1% 20.4%

Game Analysis

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