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Baylor Bears
69 – 82
FINAL Neutral College Basketball Crown
Oklahoma Sooners
T-Mobile Arena (Neutral) · April 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -1.5 Away covered
O/U 159.5 Under
Money BAY -122 / OU +102
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual OU +13 151 Lost
Massey BAY -0.4 (-13.4) — —
Massey Totals — 160.8 (-9.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 43% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 39% ✓
Baseline Plus ML OU -0.3 (-12.7) 155.5 (-4.5) 44% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ OU -0.6 (-12.4) 154.9 (-3.9) 47% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML OU -0.8 (-12.2) 153.8 (-2.8) 47% ✓
Baseline ML OU -0.6 (-12.4) 156.1 (-5.1) 39% ✓

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 14, 2024 BAY 79 – 62 OU
Feb 9, 2023 BAY 82 – 72 OU
Jan 21, 2023 BAY 62 – 60 OU
Mar 11, 2022 OU 72 – 67 BAY
Jan 22, 2022 BAY 65 – 51 OU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BAY OU
Overall 17-17 21-16
Conference 6-12 7-11
Home 11-6 11-5
Away 3-7 4-7
Neutral 3-4 6-4
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.4 82.9
Avg Pts Against 76.9 77.4
Massey 12.9 (#43) 12.5 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 1.75 (#60) 2.05 (#45)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.26 (#57) 2.70 (#45)
RPI 0.529 (#107) 0.528 (#109)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY OU
FG% 47.0% 46.7%
3PT% 34.4% 36.4%
REB / G 36.3 35.8
OREB / G 12.6 11.6
AST / TO 1.34 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.7% 54.7%
TOV% 16.2% 14.3%
ORB% 37.0% 33.3%
FT Rate 25.1% 27.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 15.5%
DRB% 68.3% 67.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 26.2%

Game Analysis

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