You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
BYU Cougars
80 – 52
FINAL Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats
Big 12 Conference · Marriott Center · January 26, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money BYU -250 / CIN +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total BYU win
Actual BYU +28 132 Won
Massey BYU -4.2 (+23.8) — —
Massey Totals — 136.9 (-4.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 64% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 69% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BYU -4.3 (+23.7) 134.3 (-2.3) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BYU -5.1 (+22.9) 134.9 (-2.9) 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BYU -4.7 (+23.3) 135.6 (-3.6) 77% ✓
Baseline ML BYU -4.1 (+23.9) 134.0 (-2.0) 74% ✓

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 CIN 90 – 68 BYU
Feb 8, 2025 CIN 84 – 66 BYU
Jan 7, 2024 CIN 71 – 60 BYU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BYU CIN
Overall 26-10 19-16
Conference 14-6 7-13
Home 15-2 12-5
Away 6-5 4-9
Neutral 5-3 3-2
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.4 71.2
Avg Pts Against 72.6 66.2
Massey 13.6 (#37) 12.8 (#43)
Bradley-Terry 1.38 (#73) 1.42 (#72)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.04 (#68) 1.94 (#71)
RPI 0.539 (#108) 0.542 (#101)
Shooting & Four Factors BYU CIN
FG% 47.8% 45.5%
3PT% 35.9% 32.4%
REB / G 39.2 37.0
OREB / G 12.2 11.9
AST / TO 1.44 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.3% 51.7%
TOV% 17.3% 15.3%
ORB% 35.5% 34.3%
FT Rate 20.0% 16.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.8% 43.7%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 18.5%
DRB% 77.5% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.6% 19.7%

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