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BYU Cougars
85 – 74
FINAL Conference
Utah Utes
Big 12 Conference · Marriott Center · March 9, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -11.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Over
Money BYU -900 / UTAH +550
Model Predictions
Spread Total BYU win
Actual BYU +11 159 Won
Massey BYU -10.7 (+0.3) — —
Massey Totals — 154.4 (+4.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 85% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 88% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BYU -11.8 (-0.8) 155.0 (+4.0) 86% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BYU -10.5 (+0.5) 155.1 (+3.9) 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BYU -11.4 (-0.4) 156.2 (+2.8) 85% ✓
Baseline ML BYU -10.6 (+0.4) 154.7 (+4.3) 86% ✓

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 24, 2026 BYU 91 – 78 UTAH
Jan 11, 2026 BYU 89 – 84 UTAH
Jan 19, 2025 UTAH 73 – 72 BYU
Dec 10, 2023 UTAH 73 – 69 BYU
Dec 17, 2022 BYU 75 – 66 UTAH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BYU UTAH
Overall 26-10 16-17
Conference 14-6 8-12
Home 15-2 15-4
Away 6-5 1-9
Neutral 5-3 0-4
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L4
Avg Pts For 81.4 75.5
Avg Pts Against 72.6 72.6
Massey 16.9 (#21) 9.5 (#61)
Bradley-Terry 2.51 (#34) 1.32 (#76)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.97 (#38) 1.67 (#75)
RPI 0.573 (#52) 0.510 (#161)
Shooting & Four Factors BYU UTAH
FG% 48.7% 45.2%
3PT% 37.6% 33.2%
REB / G 37.7 39.4
OREB / G 11.0 12.2
AST / TO 1.41 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.7% 52.4%
TOV% 17.6% 18.0%
ORB% 33.1% 34.0%
FT Rate 20.3% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.5% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 15.7%
DRB% 75.8% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 21.3% 22.8%

Game Analysis

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