Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Texas Tech Red Raiders
84 – 71
FINAL Conference
BYU Cougars
Big 12 Conference · United Supermarkets Arena · January 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread TTU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 165.5 Under
Money TTU -148 / BYU +124
Model Predictions
Spread Total TTU win
Actual TTU +13 155 Won
Massey BYU -0.6 (+13.6) — —
Massey Totals — 160.0 (-5.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 14% ✗
Baseline Plus ML TTU -0.8 (+12.2) 154.7 (+0.3) 52% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TTU -1.7 (+11.3) 152.7 (+2.3) 62% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TTU -2.1 (+10.9) 155.7 (-0.7) 56% ✓
Baseline ML TTU -2.1 (+10.9) 154.6 (+0.4) 55% ✓

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 8, 2026 BYU 82 – 76 TTU
Jan 8, 2025 TTU 72 – 67 BYU
Mar 14, 2024 TTU 81 – 67 BYU
Jan 20, 2024 TTU 85 – 78 BYU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TTU BYU
Overall 23-11 23-12
Conference 12-6 9-9
Home 14-2 14-3
Away 5-5 3-6
Neutral 4-4 6-3
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 80.3 83.5
Avg Pts Against 73.1 75.4
Massey 17.1 (#26) 21.1 (#8)
Bradley-Terry 3.31 (#16) 4.69 (#5)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.87 (#23) 6.29 (#5)
RPI 0.664 (#9) 0.674 (#7)
Shooting & Four Factors TTU BYU
FG% 46.8% 49.3%
3PT% 37.8% 35.7%
REB / G 38.7 40.6
OREB / G 12.8 12.4
AST / TO 1.60 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 56.6%
TOV% 14.7% 15.3%
ORB% 34.4% 35.9%
FT Rate 19.6% 27.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 46.5%
Opp TOV% 15.8% 18.1%
DRB% 71.5% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 16.8%

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