They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Baylor Bears
70 – 62
FINAL Conference
Kansas State Wildcats
Big 12 Conference · Foster Pavilion · January 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -11.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money BAY -950 / KSU +625
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual BAY +8 132 Won
Massey BAY -15.7 (-7.7) — —
Massey Totals — 151.6 (-19.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 91% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BAY -13.7 (-5.7) 144.0 (-12.0) 88% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BAY -13.5 (-5.5) 143.2 (-11.2) 88% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -12.1 (-4.1) 144.8 (-12.8) 87% ✓
Baseline ML BAY -12.7 (-4.7) 143.8 (-11.8) 87% ✓

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 18, 2026 KSU 90 – 74 BAY
Mar 12, 2025 BAY 70 – 56 KSU
Jan 17, 2024 KSU 68 – 64 BAY
Feb 22, 2023 KSU 75 – 65 BAY
Jan 7, 2023 KSU 97 – 95 BAY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BAY KSU
Overall 20-15 16-17
Conference 10-10 9-11
Home 13-3 10-5
Away 3-9 3-9
Neutral 4-3 3-3
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.2 70.8
Avg Pts Against 70.3 69.6
Massey 16.6 (#20) 4.3 (#101)
Bradley-Terry 2.05 (#46) 0.36 (#139)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.67 (#47) 0.70 (#119)
RPI 0.592 (#43) 0.515 (#153)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY KSU
FG% 46.3% 45.1%
3PT% 35.6% 33.4%
REB / G 35.1 33.4
OREB / G 12.8 10.6
AST / TO 1.45 1.33
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 52.2%
TOV% 15.6% 17.9%
ORB% 35.8% 30.9%
FT Rate 19.1% 20.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 21.5% 18.3%
DRB% 69.6% 67.7%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 20.1%

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