In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Colorado Buffaloes
81 – 76
FINAL Conference
Utah Utes
Pac-12 Conference · CU Events Center · February 13, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread COLO -5.0 Push
O/U 137.5 Over
Money COLO -220 / UTAH +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLO win
Actual COLO +5 157 Won
Massey COLO -4.5 (+0.5) — —
Massey Totals — 137.6 (+19.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ COLO -5.7 (-0.7) 139.4 (+17.6) 79% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML COLO -6.1 (-1.1) 139.8 (+17.2) 72% ✓
Baseline ML COLO -5.4 (-0.4) 140.1 (+16.9) 74% ✓
Baseline Plus ML COLO -5.5 (-0.5) 140.4 (+16.6) 73% ✓

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 COLO 92 – 78 UTAH
Jan 8, 2026 COLO 85 – 73 UTAH
Feb 6, 2025 UTAH 72 – 59 COLO
Mar 15, 2024 COLO 72 – 58 UTAH
Feb 25, 2024 COLO 89 – 65 UTAH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLO UTAH
Overall 21-12 11-20
Conference 12-8 4-16
Home 12-6 7-9
Away 6-4 2-9
Neutral 3-2 2-2
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L2 L4
Avg Pts For 71.1 69.7
Avg Pts Against 67.4 70.9
Massey 5.6 (#98) 4.1 (#109)
Bradley-Terry 1.27 (#86) -0.08 (#182)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.54 (#88) 0.18 (#160)
RPI 0.526 (#123) 0.468 (#226)
Shooting & Four Factors COLO UTAH
FG% 43.7% 41.5%
3PT% 35.0% 34.0%
REB / G 37.2 37.5
OREB / G 10.2 11.0
AST / TO 0.91 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 48.4%
TOV% 21.0% 18.7%
ORB% 30.6% 30.9%
FT Rate 26.3% 24.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 14.8%
DRB% 75.0% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 19.3% 19.5%

Game Analysis

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