He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Cincinnati Bearcats
60 67
FINAL Conference
Houston Cougars
Big 12 Conference · Fifth Third Arena · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money CIN +180 / HOU -218
Model Predictions
Spread Total CIN win
Actual HOU +7 127 Lost
Massey HOU -5.2 (-1.8)
Massey Totals 130.7 (-3.7)
Bradley-Terry 10%
Weighted B-T 3%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -3.9 (-3.1) 134.0 (-7.0) 24%
Model 4 ML HOU -2.9 (-4.1) 135.8 (-8.8) 28%
Model 3 ML HOU -4.0 (-3.0) 132.4 (-5.4) 28%
Baseline ML HOU -3.4 (-3.6) 133.1 (-6.1) 33%

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 31, 2026 HOU 7654 CIN
Mar 1, 2025 HOU 7364 CIN
Feb 28, 2024 HOU 6759 CIN
Feb 10, 2024 HOU 6762 CIN
Mar 11, 2023 HOU 6948 CIN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CIN HOU
Overall 18-15 30-7
Conference 9-9 14-4
Home 15-3 15-1
Away 2-8 6-3
Neutral 1-4 9-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.1 76.9
Avg Pts Against 67.6 62.3
Massey 8.3 (#77) 17.4 (#21)
Bradley-Terry 0.58 (#125) 3.43 (#16)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.00 (#110) 5.06 (#15)
RPI 0.506 (#159) 0.613 (#30)
Shooting & Four Factors CIN HOU
FG% 42.6% 45.3%
3PT% 31.7% 34.8%
REB / G 40.2 38.2
OREB / G 11.8 13.9
AST / TO 1.34 1.80
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 52.6%
TOV% 17.8% 14.0%
ORB% 30.6% 38.3%
FT Rate 21.8% 19.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 44.9%
Opp TOV% 20.6% 23.7%
DRB% 77.0% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 25.4%

Game Analysis

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