I'm the all night drug prowling wolf who looks so sick in sun / I'm the white man in the Palais "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
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%
Efficiency Plus ML OU -0.5 (-12.5) 153.3 (-2.3) 48%
Baseline Tuned ML OU -0.1 (-12.9) 152.6 (-1.6) 54%
Baseline ML OU -0.4 (-12.6) 156.4 (-5.4) 42%
Baseline Plus ML OU -1.2 (-11.8) 155.0 (-4.0) 40%

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 7962 OU
Feb 9, 2023 BAY 8272 OU
Jan 21, 2023 BAY 6260 OU
Mar 11, 2022 OU 7267 BAY
Jan 22, 2022 BAY 6551 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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