This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Big 12 Conference · Hope Coliseum · January 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread WVU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money WVU -285 / COLO +230
Model Predictions
Spread Total WVU win
Actual WVU +11 133 Won
Massey WVU -4.6 (+6.4)
Massey Totals 149.6 (-16.6)
Bradley-Terry 56%
Weighted B-T 59%
Efficiency Plus ML WVU -5.4 (+5.6) 139.4 (-6.4) 74%
Baseline Tuned ML WVU -3.7 (+7.3) 141.3 (-8.3) 67%
Baseline ML WVU -3.7 (+7.3) 142.8 (-9.8) 63%
Baseline Plus ML WVU -4.6 (+6.4) 142.8 (-9.8) 67%

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 12, 2025 COLO 6760 WVU
Jan 12, 2025 WVU 7870 COLO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WVU COLO
Overall 21-14 17-16
Conference 9-9 7-11
Home 15-3 13-5
Away 3-6 2-8
Neutral 3-5 2-3
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak W3 L3
Avg Pts For 70.6 80.2
Avg Pts Against 65.7 79.8
Massey 9.1 (#69) 7.8 (#82)
Bradley-Terry 1.19 (#84) 1.54 (#70)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.89 (#72) 2.16 (#67)
RPI 0.519 (#137) 0.557 (#78)
Shooting & Four Factors WVU COLO
FG% 45.1% 48.9%
3PT% 36.6% 36.2%
REB / G 35.8 36.9
OREB / G 10.6 10.9
AST / TO 1.22 1.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 54.6%
TOV% 16.8% 14.9%
ORB% 31.3% 32.7%
FT Rate 27.5% 31.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.1% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 15.4%
DRB% 73.1% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 23.6%

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