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Cincinnati Bearcats
84 66
FINAL Conference
BYU Cougars
Big 12 Conference · Fifth Third Arena · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -1.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money CIN -125 / BYU +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total CIN win
Actual CIN +18 150 Won
Massey BYU -0.4 (+18.4)
Massey Totals 138.9 (+11.1)
Bradley-Terry 54%
Weighted B-T 53%
Efficiency Plus ML CIN -1.0 (+17.0) 140.8 (+9.2) 57%
Baseline Tuned ML CIN -0.8 (+17.2) 140.6 (+9.4) 52%
Baseline ML CIN -0.3 (+17.7) 141.8 (+8.2) 54%
Baseline Plus ML CIN -1.7 (+16.3) 140.5 (+9.5) 55%

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 9068 BYU
Jan 26, 2025 BYU 8052 CIN
Jan 7, 2024 CIN 7160 BYU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CIN BYU
Overall 19-16 26-10
Conference 7-13 14-6
Home 12-5 15-2
Away 4-9 6-5
Neutral 3-2 5-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.2 81.4
Avg Pts Against 66.2 72.6
Massey 11.4 (#52) 14.9 (#32)
Bradley-Terry 1.41 (#70) 1.80 (#53)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.88 (#68) 2.41 (#51)
RPI 0.543 (#98) 0.554 (#78)
Shooting & Four Factors CIN BYU
FG% 44.9% 48.1%
3PT% 31.7% 37.0%
REB / G 35.3 38.2
OREB / G 11.5 11.5
AST / TO 1.42 1.42
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 57.0%
TOV% 15.2% 17.4%
ORB% 32.8% 34.1%
FT Rate 16.3% 20.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.4% 49.9%
Opp TOV% 19.4% 18.1%
DRB% 70.2% 75.7%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 21.6%

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