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Houston Cougars
77 68
FINAL Neutral Conference Big 12
Colorado Buffaloes
Big 12 Conference · T-Mobile Center (Neutral) · March 13, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -17.5 Away covered
O/U 126.5 Over
Money HOU -4000 / COLO +1300
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +9 145 Won
Massey HOU -17.5 (-8.5)
Massey Totals 127.1 (+17.9)
Bradley-Terry 95%
Weighted B-T 98%
Efficiency Plus ML HOU -14.3 (-5.3) 124.5 (+20.5) 89%
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -14.6 (-5.6) 127.7 (+17.3) 89%
Baseline ML HOU -15.7 (-6.7) 127.5 (+17.5) 88%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -14.7 (-5.7) 129.6 (+15.4) 90%

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 28, 2026 HOU 10262 COLO
Feb 8, 2025 HOU 6959 COLO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU COLO
Overall 35-5 14-21
Conference 19-1 3-17
Home 16-1 11-7
Away 10-0 0-10
Neutral 9-4 3-4
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.7 69.7
Avg Pts Against 58.6 71.9
Massey 24.6 (#3) 7.1 (#83)
Bradley-Terry 3.90 (#6) 1.01 (#90)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.05 (#5) 1.21 (#87)
RPI 0.644 (#7) 0.497 (#186)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU COLO
FG% 46.0% 44.7%
3PT% 39.7% 32.4%
REB / G 36.3 35.2
OREB / G 12.5 9.4
AST / TO 1.34 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.7% 50.8%
TOV% 14.6% 21.1%
ORB% 36.8% 29.0%
FT Rate 20.0% 27.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.1% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 22.0% 16.3%
DRB% 70.7% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 24.0%

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