Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Iowa State Cyclones
99 – 71
FINAL Neutral Conference Maui Invitational
Colorado Buffaloes
Big 12 Conference · Lahaina Civic Center (Neutral) · November 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ISU -13.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money ISU -1000 / COLO +650
Model Predictions
Spread Total ISU win
Actual ISU +28 170 Won
Massey ISU -4.9 (+23.1) — —
Massey Totals — 140.7 (+29.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 22% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 16% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ISU -2.3 (+25.7) 142.7 (+27.3) 61% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ISU -2.8 (+25.2) 143.4 (+26.6) 58% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ISU -2.2 (+25.8) 141.6 (+28.4) 59% ✓
Baseline ML ISU -1.4 (+26.6) 143.2 (+26.8) 59% ✓

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 30, 2026 ISU 97 – 67 COLO
Feb 19, 2025 ISU 79 – 65 COLO
Dec 31, 2024 ISU 79 – 69 COLO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ISU COLO
Overall 25-10 14-21
Conference 13-7 3-17
Home 15-2 11-7
Away 6-5 0-10
Neutral 4-3 3-4
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 80.3 69.7
Avg Pts Against 68.3 71.9
Massey 12.4 (#31) 7.4 (#70)
Bradley-Terry 0.33 (#160) 1.60 (#63)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.74 (#139) 2.38 (#69)
RPI 0.474 (#217) 0.583 (#69)
Shooting & Four Factors ISU COLO
FG% 48.3% 48.0%
3PT% 32.6% 39.3%
REB / G 36.0 38.0
OREB / G 10.0 10.0
AST / TO 1.84 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 55.4%
TOV% 13.2% 21.4%
ORB% 30.3% 31.4%
FT Rate 32.2% 32.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.7% 46.5%
Opp TOV% 25.2% 16.8%
DRB% 77.0% 74.3%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 17.7%

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