Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Baylor Bears
61 – 65
FINAL Conference
Houston Cougars
Big 12 Conference · Foster Pavilion · March 9, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 131.5 Under
Money BAY +165 / HOU -195
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual HOU +4 126 Lost
Massey HOU -5.4 (+1.4) — —
Massey Totals — 134.5 (-8.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 25% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 17% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -3.8 (-0.2) 131.2 (-5.2) 30% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -2.7 (-1.3) 128.0 (-2.0) 27% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -3.9 (-0.1) 131.2 (-5.2) 28% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -2.8 (-1.2) 131.9 (-5.9) 31% ✓

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 5, 2026 HOU 77 – 64 BAY
Jan 10, 2026 HOU 77 – 55 BAY
Feb 11, 2025 HOU 76 – 65 BAY
Feb 24, 2024 HOU 82 – 76 BAY
Apr 3, 2021 BAY 78 – 59 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BAY HOU
Overall 20-15 35-5
Conference 10-10 19-1
Home 13-3 16-1
Away 3-9 10-0
Neutral 4-3 9-4
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.2 73.7
Avg Pts Against 70.3 58.6
Massey 15.9 (#26) 24.6 (#3)
Bradley-Terry 2.14 (#45) 3.80 (#6)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.74 (#42) 4.96 (#5)
RPI 0.580 (#47) 0.643 (#7)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY HOU
FG% 44.9% 46.0%
3PT% 35.1% 39.6%
REB / G 34.8 36.4
OREB / G 12.3 12.6
AST / TO 1.29 1.36
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 52.7%
TOV% 16.6% 14.5%
ORB% 35.5% 36.9%
FT Rate 23.5% 19.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 45.3%
Opp TOV% 19.4% 22.2%
DRB% 69.0% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 24.8%

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