Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
Cincinnati Bearcats
40 54
FINAL Conference
Kansas Jayhawks
Big 12 Conference · Fifth Third Arena · January 11, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -0.5 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money CIN -105 / KU -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total CIN win
Actual KU +14 94 Lost
Massey KU -2.1 (-11.9)
Massey Totals 131.7 (-37.7)
Bradley-Terry 23%
Weighted B-T 16%
Efficiency Plus ML KU -1.2 (-12.8) 128.4 (-34.4) 45%
Baseline Tuned ML KU -2.9 (-11.1) 128.7 (-34.7) 37%
Baseline ML KU -2.0 (-12.0) 129.3 (-35.3) 37%
Baseline Plus ML KU -1.8 (-12.2) 130.6 (-36.6) 34%

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 21, 2026 CIN 8468 KU
Mar 14, 2024 CIN 7252 KU
Jan 23, 2024 KU 7469 CIN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CIN KU
Overall 19-16 21-13
Conference 7-13 11-9
Home 12-5 14-3
Away 4-9 4-8
Neutral 3-2 3-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 71.2 76.1
Avg Pts Against 66.2 69.6
Massey 13.8 (#33) 19.9 (#12)
Bradley-Terry 1.32 (#73) 3.28 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.91 (#67) 4.43 (#16)
RPI 0.543 (#91) 0.680 (#4)
Shooting & Four Factors CIN KU
FG% 47.0% 48.8%
3PT% 34.5% 34.8%
REB / G 37.6 39.6
OREB / G 12.9 10.6
AST / TO 1.51 1.81
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.9% 54.6%
TOV% 15.6% 15.0%
ORB% 37.6% 31.4%
FT Rate 15.8% 15.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.7% 43.3%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 17.5%
DRB% 72.0% 75.7%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 21.6%

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