And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
Colorado Buffaloes
85 – 73
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% ✓
Baseline Plus ML COLO -10.0 (+2.0) 161.6 (-3.6) 80% ✓
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% ✓

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 92 – 78 UTAH
Feb 6, 2025 UTAH 72 – 59 COLO
Mar 15, 2024 COLO 72 – 58 UTAH
Feb 25, 2024 COLO 89 – 65 UTAH
Feb 3, 2024 UTAH 73 – 68 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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