The name is Big Daddy, yes big not little. "Ain't No Half Steppin'" - Big Daddy Kane
Kansas Jayhawks
78 61
FINAL Neutral Conference Big 12
West Virginia Mountaineers
Big 12 Conference · T-Mobile Center (Neutral) · March 9, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread KU -3.0 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money KU -170 / WVU +143
Model Predictions
Spread Total KU win
Actual KU +17 139 Won
Massey KU -2.7 (+14.3)
Massey Totals 148.1 (-9.1)
Bradley-Terry 80%
Weighted B-T 77%
Efficiency Plus ML KU -3.6 (+13.4) 142.5 (-3.5) 70%
Baseline Tuned ML KU -3.8 (+13.2) 146.2 (-7.2) 67%
Baseline ML KU -4.0 (+13.0) 144.8 (-5.8) 65%
Baseline Plus ML KU -3.5 (+13.5) 144.9 (-5.9) 67%

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 10, 2026 WVU 8675 KU
Dec 31, 2024 WVU 6261 KU
Jan 20, 2024 WVU 9185 KU
Feb 25, 2023 KU 7674 WVU
Jan 7, 2023 KU 7662 WVU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings KU WVU
Overall 28-8 19-15
Conference 13-5 7-11
Home 15-1 13-4
Away 7-4 3-8
Neutral 6-3 3-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.4 76.0
Avg Pts Against 68.1 70.9
Massey 16.3 (#9) 13.6 (#16)
Bradley-Terry 3.43 (#3) 2.07 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.02 (#2) 2.79 (#24)
RPI 0.646 (#2) 0.576 (#50)
Shooting & Four Factors KU WVU
FG% 46.4% 45.5%
3PT% 34.8% 35.2%
REB / G 36.3 33.8
OREB / G 9.9 11.1
AST / TO 1.39 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 51.9%
TOV% 17.2% 18.6%
ORB% 28.8% 33.8%
FT Rate 21.7% 30.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.9% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 21.0%
DRB% 71.7% 70.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.3% 28.6%

Game Analysis

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