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Ohio State Buckeyes
89 – 88 2OT
FINAL Neutral Cleveland Hoops Showdown
West Virginia Mountaineers
Rocket Arena (Neutral) · December 14, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread OSU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money OSU -166 / WVU +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +1 177 Won
Massey OSU -5.0 (-4.0) — —
Massey Totals — 138.8 (+38.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ OSU -3.2 (-2.2) 136.5 (+40.5) 65% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML OSU -3.2 (-2.2) 136.4 (+40.6) 65% ✓
Baseline ML OSU -2.7 (-1.7) 138.4 (+38.6) 60% ✓
Baseline Plus ML OSU -2.5 (-1.5) 136.8 (+40.2) 61% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 31, 2023 OSU 78 – 75 WVU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU WVU
Overall 21-13 21-14
Conference 12-8 9-9
Home 14-3 15-3
Away 5-6 3-6
Neutral 2-4 3-5
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L2 W3
Avg Pts For 79.3 70.6
Avg Pts Against 72.6 65.7
Massey 12.3 (#38) 7.3 (#85)
Bradley-Terry 1.37 (#83) 0.20 (#167)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.03 (#73) 0.39 (#153)
RPI 0.561 (#81) 0.469 (#235)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU WVU
FG% 52.1% 45.4%
3PT% 36.3% 34.0%
REB / G 36.8 36.9
OREB / G 9.0 11.5
AST / TO 1.52 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 60.1% 52.4%
TOV% 15.7% 15.6%
ORB% 30.9% 32.9%
FT Rate 32.9% 28.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 46.0%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 21.4%
DRB% 73.5% 75.9%
Opp FT Rate 21.6% 20.3%

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