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Houston Cougars
Big 12 Conference · Foster Pavilion · January 10, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money BAY +124 / HOU -148
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual HOU +22 132 Lost
Massey BAY -0.2 (-22.2)
Massey Totals 149.5 (-17.5)
Bradley-Terry 20%
Weighted B-T 12%
Efficiency Plus ML BAY -1.1 (-23.1) 141.9 (-9.9) 45%
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -1.1 (-23.1) 144.2 (-12.2) 46%
Baseline ML BAY -1.0 (-23.0) 144.1 (-12.1) 49%
Baseline Plus ML BAY -1.1 (-23.1) 143.5 (-11.5) 44%

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 5, 2026 HOU 7764 BAY
Mar 9, 2025 HOU 6561 BAY
Feb 11, 2025 HOU 7665 BAY
Feb 24, 2024 HOU 8276 BAY
Apr 3, 2021 BAY 7859 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BAY HOU
Overall 17-17 30-7
Conference 6-12 14-4
Home 11-6 15-1
Away 3-7 6-3
Neutral 3-4 9-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.4 76.9
Avg Pts Against 76.9 62.3
Massey 14.3 (#33) 17.7 (#17)
Bradley-Terry 1.73 (#63) 3.71 (#12)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.54 (#59) 5.22 (#12)
RPI 0.537 (#107) 0.629 (#22)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY HOU
FG% 47.7% 44.7%
3PT% 35.4% 34.1%
REB / G 40.5 37.8
OREB / G 14.8 13.7
AST / TO 1.48 1.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 51.6%
TOV% 15.5% 13.6%
ORB% 41.3% 37.5%
FT Rate 28.8% 19.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.3% 45.5%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 23.5%
DRB% 66.7% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 24.8%

Game Analysis

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