Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Utah Utes
73 72 OT
FINAL Conference
BYU Cougars
Big 12 Conference · Jon M. Huntsman Center · January 19, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money UTAH +105 / BYU -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTAH win
Actual UTAH +1 145 Won
Massey UTAH -0.5 (+0.5)
Massey Totals 154.0 (-9.0)
Bradley-Terry 63%
Weighted B-T 64%
Efficiency Plus ML UTAH -1.6 (-0.6) 147.6 (-2.6) 58%
Baseline Tuned ML UTAH -1.4 (-0.4) 147.0 (-2.0) 59%
Baseline ML UTAH -1.3 (-0.3) 145.3 (-0.3) 62%
Baseline Plus ML UTAH -1.8 (-0.8) 146.5 (-1.5) 61%

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 24, 2026 BYU 9178 UTAH
Jan 11, 2026 BYU 8984 UTAH
Mar 9, 2025 BYU 8574 UTAH
Dec 10, 2023 UTAH 7369 BYU
Dec 17, 2022 BYU 7566 UTAH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTAH BYU
Overall 16-17 26-10
Conference 8-12 14-6
Home 15-4 15-2
Away 1-9 6-5
Neutral 0-4 5-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 75.5 81.4
Avg Pts Against 72.6 72.6
Massey 9.8 (#61) 12.9 (#43)
Bradley-Terry 1.07 (#88) 1.21 (#78)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.57 (#77) 1.75 (#75)
RPI 0.514 (#154) 0.534 (#118)
Shooting & Four Factors UTAH BYU
FG% 47.0% 47.9%
3PT% 34.9% 36.0%
REB / G 40.2 39.7
OREB / G 12.0 12.3
AST / TO 1.73 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 56.7%
TOV% 16.6% 17.5%
ORB% 33.7% 36.2%
FT Rate 22.8% 21.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.2% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 18.5%
DRB% 71.1% 78.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 20.2%

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