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Baylor Bears
81 – 70
FINAL Conference
Kansas Jayhawks
Big 12 Conference · Foster Pavilion · February 1, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -2.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money BAY -140 / KU +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual BAY +11 151 Won
Massey BAY -0.4 (+10.6) — —
Massey Totals — 148.4 (+2.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 37% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 32% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -2.4 (+8.6) 147.1 (+3.9) 58% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BAY -3.5 (+7.5) 143.9 (+7.1) 73% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BAY -2.5 (+8.5) 149.0 (+2.0) 66% ✓
Baseline ML BAY -1.8 (+9.2) 149.0 (+2.0) 66% ✓

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 17, 2026 KU 80 – 62 BAY
Mar 2, 2024 BAY 82 – 74 KU
Feb 10, 2024 KU 64 – 61 BAY
Feb 18, 2023 KU 87 – 71 BAY
Jan 24, 2023 BAY 75 – 69 KU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BAY KU
Overall 20-15 21-13
Conference 10-10 11-9
Home 13-3 14-3
Away 3-9 4-8
Neutral 4-3 3-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.2 76.1
Avg Pts Against 70.3 69.6
Massey 16.6 (#23) 19.4 (#11)
Bradley-Terry 2.08 (#45) 3.21 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.71 (#47) 4.14 (#15)
RPI 0.591 (#44) 0.657 (#6)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY KU
FG% 45.9% 47.8%
3PT% 36.5% 34.2%
REB / G 35.1 39.6
OREB / G 13.0 10.9
AST / TO 1.47 1.64
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 53.4%
TOV% 15.5% 15.8%
ORB% 36.6% 31.9%
FT Rate 20.5% 17.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 44.2%
Opp TOV% 20.6% 16.1%
DRB% 68.7% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.6% 20.2%

Game Analysis

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