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Colorado Buffaloes
69 75
FINAL Conference
Kansas Jayhawks
Big 12 Conference · CU Events Center · January 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread KU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Money COLO +160 / KU -192
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLO win
Actual KU +6 144 Lost
Massey KU -7.8 (+1.8)
Massey Totals 157.9 (-13.9)
Bradley-Terry 27%
Weighted B-T 22%
Efficiency Plus ML KU -4.7 (-1.3) 149.5 (-5.5) 29%
Baseline Tuned ML KU -5.7 (-0.3) 149.0 (-5.0) 30%
Baseline ML KU -6.0 (+0.0) 149.6 (-5.6) 33%
Baseline Plus ML KU -6.3 (+0.3) 151.5 (-7.5) 28%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 25, 2025 KU 7164 COLO
Feb 12, 2025 KU 7159 COLO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLO KU
Overall 17-16 24-11
Conference 7-11 12-6
Home 13-5 13-2
Away 2-8 5-6
Neutral 2-3 6-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 80.2 75.1
Avg Pts Against 79.8 69.1
Massey 7.6 (#87) 18.7 (#19)
Bradley-Terry 1.44 (#76) 3.03 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.05 (#71) 3.92 (#21)
RPI 0.553 (#82) 0.657 (#10)
Shooting & Four Factors COLO KU
FG% 48.4% 47.2%
3PT% 35.5% 35.9%
REB / G 36.1 39.2
OREB / G 10.8 9.6
AST / TO 1.54 1.47
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.1% 53.9%
TOV% 14.6% 15.0%
ORB% 32.3% 28.9%
FT Rate 30.8% 25.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.4% 44.5%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 14.3%
DRB% 70.8% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 18.0%

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