He is handing the money / He is serving the food / He knows about your party / He is calling you dude. "Comfort Eagle" - Cake
Utah Utes
84 – 89
FINAL Conference
BYU Cougars
Big 12 Conference · Jon M. Huntsman Center · January 11, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -14.5 Home covered
O/U 168.5 Over
Money UTAH +800 / BYU -1350
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTAH win
Actual BYU +5 173 Lost
Massey BYU -16.5 (+11.5) — —
Massey Totals — 165.7 (+7.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 3% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 1% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BYU -14.5 (+9.5) 157.2 (+15.8) 12% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BYU -13.9 (+8.9) 157.5 (+15.5) 14% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BYU -14.1 (+9.1) 157.5 (+15.5) 15% ✓
Baseline ML BYU -14.4 (+9.4) 157.4 (+15.6) 13% ✓

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 24, 2026 BYU 91 – 78 UTAH
Mar 9, 2025 BYU 85 – 74 UTAH
Jan 19, 2025 UTAH 73 – 72 BYU
Dec 10, 2023 UTAH 73 – 69 BYU
Dec 17, 2022 BYU 75 – 66 UTAH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTAH BYU
Overall 10-22 23-12
Conference 2-16 9-9
Home 8-9 14-3
Away 1-10 3-6
Neutral 1-3 6-3
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L6 L2
Avg Pts For 74.3 83.5
Avg Pts Against 79.1 75.4
Massey 2.1 (#137) 22.1 (#8)
Bradley-Terry 0.51 (#130) 4.47 (#8)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.38 (#147) 6.14 (#9)
RPI 0.512 (#150) 0.674 (#5)
Shooting & Four Factors UTAH BYU
FG% 46.5% 50.3%
3PT% 35.6% 37.5%
REB / G 35.6 39.9
OREB / G 10.7 11.6
AST / TO 1.24 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 58.0%
TOV% 16.1% 15.5%
ORB% 30.0% 34.8%
FT Rate 26.4% 27.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.1% 46.1%
Opp TOV% 14.9% 18.9%
DRB% 67.9% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 22.3% 15.9%

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