And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Big 12 Conference · Fifth Third Arena · February 2, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -5.5 Away covered
O/U 127.5 Under
Money CIN -240 / WVU +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total CIN win
Actual WVU +13 113 Lost
Massey CIN -2.0 (-15.0)
Massey Totals 122.6 (-9.6)
Bradley-Terry 43%
Weighted B-T 50%
Efficiency Plus ML CIN -3.1 (-16.1) 126.9 (-13.9) 63%
Baseline Tuned ML CIN -1.0 (-14.0) 124.6 (-11.6) 55%
Baseline ML CIN -0.8 (-13.8) 126.5 (-13.5) 56%
Baseline Plus ML CIN -1.2 (-14.2) 128.6 (-15.6) 57%

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 6, 2026 WVU 5954 CIN
Jan 7, 2026 WVU 6260 CIN
Feb 20, 2025 WVU 6259 CIN
Mar 12, 2024 CIN 9085 WVU
Mar 9, 2024 CIN 9256 WVU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CIN WVU
Overall 19-16 19-13
Conference 7-13 10-10
Home 12-5 13-4
Away 4-9 4-7
Neutral 3-2 2-2
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.2 68.2
Avg Pts Against 66.2 64.8
Massey 11.6 (#50) 12.8 (#42)
Bradley-Terry 1.29 (#73) 2.14 (#44)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.78 (#72) 2.44 (#50)
RPI 0.538 (#107) 0.580 (#52)
Shooting & Four Factors CIN WVU
FG% 44.8% 42.5%
3PT% 31.7% 32.7%
REB / G 35.9 33.8
OREB / G 11.7 9.2
AST / TO 1.44 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 50.1%
TOV% 15.0% 16.1%
ORB% 33.2% 26.5%
FT Rate 16.0% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.6% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 19.2% 20.1%
DRB% 70.7% 68.5%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 22.5%

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