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Clemson Tigers
80 75
FINAL Conference
Louisville Cardinals
Atlantic Coast Conference · Littlejohn Coliseum · February 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread LOU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money CLEM +120 / LOU -142
Model Predictions
Spread Total CLEM win
Actual CLEM +5 155 Won
Massey LOU -4.2 (+9.2)
Massey Totals 147.7 (+7.3)
Bradley-Terry 52%
Weighted B-T 46%
Efficiency Plus ML LOU -0.9 (+5.9) 146.6 (+8.4) 49%
Baseline Tuned ML LOU -2.5 (+7.5) 145.3 (+9.7) 40%
Baseline ML LOU -2.0 (+7.0) 146.7 (+8.3) 47%
Baseline Plus ML LOU -1.4 (+6.4) 144.1 (+10.9) 47%

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 15, 2025 LOU 7673 CLEM
Jan 8, 2025 LOU 7464 CLEM
Jan 31, 2024 CLEM 7064 LOU
Feb 19, 2023 LOU 8373 CLEM
Jan 12, 2023 CLEM 8370 LOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CLEM LOU
Overall 24-11 24-11
Conference 12-6 11-7
Home 13-3 15-2
Away 6-5 4-7
Neutral 5-3 5-2
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 73.8 84.3
Avg Pts Against 66.7 72.5
Massey 14.1 (#40) 21.3 (#10)
Bradley-Terry 2.32 (#36) 2.77 (#26)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.89 (#44) 3.65 (#25)
RPI 0.585 (#41) 0.600 (#30)
Shooting & Four Factors CLEM LOU
FG% 45.8% 47.0%
3PT% 33.9% 36.1%
REB / G 34.8 39.5
OREB / G 9.5 11.8
AST / TO 1.32 1.46
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 56.6%
TOV% 14.8% 16.6%
ORB% 29.1% 33.7%
FT Rate 26.9% 26.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 17.0%
DRB% 74.9% 73.2%
Opp FT Rate 25.5% 23.2%

Game Analysis

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