They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Houston Cougars
74 54
FINAL Neutral Conference Big 12
BYU Cougars
Big 12 Conference · T-Mobile Center (Neutral) · March 14, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money HOU -250 / BYU +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +20 128 Won
Massey HOU -7.3 (+12.7)
Massey Totals 139.1 (-11.1)
Bradley-Terry 78%
Weighted B-T 88%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -9.3 (+10.7) 129.3 (-1.3) 80%
Model 4 ML HOU -9.6 (+10.4) 133.0 (-5.0) 79%
Model 3 ML HOU -9.4 (+10.6) 132.3 (-4.3) 80%
Baseline ML HOU -8.0 (+12.0) 129.8 (-1.8) 76%

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 12, 2026 HOU 7366 BYU
Feb 8, 2026 HOU 7766 BYU
Jan 4, 2025 HOU 8655 BYU
Jan 24, 2024 HOU 7568 BYU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU BYU
Overall 35-5 26-10
Conference 19-1 14-6
Home 16-1 15-2
Away 10-0 6-5
Neutral 9-4 5-3
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 81.4
Avg Pts Against 58.6 72.6
Massey 24.3 (#3) 17.1 (#20)
Bradley-Terry 3.93 (#6) 2.65 (#31)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.07 (#5) 3.11 (#36)
RPI 0.645 (#7) 0.575 (#48)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU BYU
FG% 46.0% 48.7%
3PT% 39.8% 37.8%
REB / G 36.2 37.3
OREB / G 12.4 10.9
AST / TO 1.31 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.8% 57.9%
TOV% 14.7% 17.4%
ORB% 36.6% 32.8%
FT Rate 20.6% 21.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.1% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 21.9% 17.3%
DRB% 70.8% 74.5%
Opp FT Rate 24.8% 20.7%

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