Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Oklahoma Sooners
79 – 83
FINAL Conference
Arkansas Razorbacks
Southeastern Conference · Lloyd Noble Center · January 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ARK -3.5 Away covered
O/U 167.5 Under
Money OU +140 / ARK -166
Model Predictions
Spread Total OU win
Actual ARK +4 162 Lost
Massey ARK -6.5 (+2.5) — —
Massey Totals — 170.7 (-8.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 17% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 12% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ARK -7.8 (+3.8) 163.2 (-1.2) 25% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ARK -3.5 (-0.5) 165.1 (-3.1) 35% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ARK -5.8 (+1.8) 162.8 (-0.8) 28% ✓
Baseline ML ARK -6.2 (+2.2) 161.3 (+0.7) 34% ✓

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 14, 2026 ARK 82 – 79 OU
Jan 26, 2025 OU 65 – 62 ARK
Dec 9, 2023 OU 79 – 70 ARK
Dec 10, 2022 ARK 88 – 78 OU
Dec 11, 2021 OU 88 – 66 ARK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OU ARK
Overall 21-16 28-9
Conference 7-11 13-5
Home 11-5 17-1
Away 4-7 5-5
Neutral 6-4 6-3
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 82.9 90.2
Avg Pts Against 77.4 81.0
Massey 9.1 (#71) 18.8 (#19)
Bradley-Terry 1.09 (#86) 3.21 (#18)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.69 (#78) 4.30 (#17)
RPI 0.504 (#168) 0.638 (#15)
Shooting & Four Factors OU ARK
FG% 46.4% 49.5%
3PT% 34.8% 38.8%
REB / G 38.4 37.0
OREB / G 12.3 11.4
AST / TO 1.49 1.80
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.2% 56.7%
TOV% 14.3% 13.5%
ORB% 34.5% 33.5%
FT Rate 25.8% 28.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 15.6% 16.6%
DRB% 68.6% 69.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.5% 20.3%

Game Analysis

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