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2026-01-20

Model Predictions

Model Utah Utes Kansas State Wildcats Spread Result
Elo 26.0% 74.0% -
Bradley-Terry 38.7% 61.3% -
Margin 30.2% 69.8% +4.6 (1.6 off)
Pythagorean 41.0% 59.0% -
Efficiency 18.4% 81.6% -
Adjusted Efficiency 34.6% 65.4% -
Log Adjusted 34.4% 65.6% -
Points Off/Def 37.9% 62.1% -

Actual: Kansas State Wildcats +3 (81-78). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Utah Utes

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
T. Brown 32 14-24 4-7 1-2 4 2 4 0 6 33 13 +7.0
D. McHenry 32 5-12 3-8 2-5 6 3 0 0 0 15 12 +4.9
K. Dawes 31 0-3 0-2 0-0 7 1 0 1 0 0 6 +4.5
S. Traore 30 7-12 1-4 0-0 6 3 1 1 0 15 14 -1.8
J. Okonkwo 24 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 -0.1
K. Sanders 19 0-3 0-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8.8
J. Hayes 16 4-5 0-0 1-1 3 0 0 1 0 9 8 +0.9
O. Abbey 16 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 -6.0

Kansas State Wildcats

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
P.J. Haggerty 39 15-29 1-4 3-6 8 4 2 0 3 34 16 +3.3
N. Johnson 35 5-9 3-5 4-4 5 6 0 0 2 17 17 +10.0
T. Manning 35 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 2 1 1 2 7 -4.5
D. Castillo 33 7-12 6-9 0-0 4 2 0 0 1 20 13 +5.0
CJ Jones 31 1-4 0-1 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 2 3 +4.0
A. Kostic 14 2-4 2-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 6 6 -4.9
D. Buca 13 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 3 0 -3 -12.1

* = starter