And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
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% ✗
Baseline Plus ML LOU -1.4 (+6.4) 144.1 (+10.9) 47% ✗
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% ✗

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 76 – 73 CLEM
Jan 8, 2025 LOU 74 – 64 CLEM
Jan 31, 2024 CLEM 70 – 64 LOU
Feb 19, 2023 LOU 83 – 73 CLEM
Jan 12, 2023 CLEM 83 – 70 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%

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