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Colorado Buffaloes
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FINAL Conference
Utah Utes
Big 12 Conference · CU Events Center · January 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread COLO -9.5 Home covered
O/U 162.5 Under
Money COLO -500 / UTAH +380
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLO win
Actual COLO +12 158 Won
Massey COLO -9.5 (+2.5)
Massey Totals 171.0 (-13.0)
Bradley-Terry 88%
Weighted B-T 95%
Efficiency Plus ML COLO -9.0 (+3.0) 159.3 (-1.3) 83%
Baseline Tuned ML COLO -9.6 (+2.4) 159.3 (-1.3) 83%
Baseline ML COLO -9.0 (+3.0) 159.9 (-1.9) 81%
Baseline Plus ML COLO -10.0 (+2.0) 161.6 (-3.6) 80%

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 4, 2026 COLO 9278 UTAH
Feb 6, 2025 UTAH 7259 COLO
Mar 15, 2024 COLO 7258 UTAH
Feb 25, 2024 COLO 8965 UTAH
Feb 3, 2024 UTAH 7368 COLO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLO UTAH
Overall 17-16 10-22
Conference 7-11 2-16
Home 13-5 8-9
Away 2-8 1-10
Neutral 2-3 1-3
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L3 L6
Avg Pts For 80.2 74.3
Avg Pts Against 79.8 79.1
Massey 7.6 (#87) 1.9 (#139)
Bradley-Terry 1.80 (#63) 0.43 (#138)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.55 (#60) 0.21 (#156)
RPI 0.576 (#63) 0.503 (#169)
Shooting & Four Factors COLO UTAH
FG% 49.9% 47.0%
3PT% 37.3% 35.8%
REB / G 36.9 35.6
OREB / G 11.2 10.4
AST / TO 1.59 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.6% 54.1%
TOV% 14.5% 16.5%
ORB% 33.8% 29.7%
FT Rate 32.3% 26.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.1% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 14.8%
DRB% 72.3% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 21.7%

Game Analysis

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