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Colorado Buffaloes
86 95
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
Big 12 Conference · CU Events Center · January 24, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread COLO -3.5 Away covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money COLO -180 / UCF +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLO win
Actual UCF +9 181 Lost
Massey UCF -0.5 (-8.5)
Massey Totals 164.8 (+16.2)
Bradley-Terry 27%
Weighted B-T 27%
Efficiency Plus ML UCF -0.1 (-8.9) 152.3 (+28.7) 48%
Baseline Tuned ML COLO -0.3 (-9.3) 151.4 (+29.6) 50%
Baseline ML COLO -0.1 (-9.1) 151.0 (+30.0) 51%
Baseline Plus ML UCF -1.1 (-7.9) 154.5 (+26.5) 46%

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 15, 2025 COLO 7663 UCF
Jan 9, 2025 UCF 7574 COLO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLO UCF
Overall 17-16 21-12
Conference 7-11 9-9
Home 13-5 14-5
Away 2-8 5-5
Neutral 2-3 2-2
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L3 L2
Avg Pts For 80.2 80.7
Avg Pts Against 79.8 78.4
Massey 7.8 (#81) 11.5 (#50)
Bradley-Terry 1.35 (#77) 2.94 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.96 (#68) 3.56 (#26)
RPI 0.544 (#90) 0.629 (#23)
Shooting & Four Factors COLO UCF
FG% 47.6% 47.8%
3PT% 35.0% 36.9%
REB / G 35.9 38.7
OREB / G 10.9 13.3
AST / TO 1.59 1.38
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.4% 54.4%
TOV% 14.1% 16.7%
ORB% 31.7% 37.4%
FT Rate 29.8% 22.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 16.7%
DRB% 70.8% 71.9%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 26.4%

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