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Kentucky Wildcats
87 83
FINAL Neutral CBS Sports Classic
North Carolina Tar Heels
State Farm Arena (Neutral) · December 16, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UNC -1.5 Home covered
O/U 164.5 Over
Money UK -111 / UNC -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UK +4 170 Won
Massey UNC -0.2 (+4.2)
Massey Totals 172.5 (-2.5)
Bradley-Terry 42%
Weighted B-T 27%
Baseline Plus ML UK -1.3 (+2.7) 164.1 (+5.9) 61%
Model 4 ML UK -0.3 (+3.7) 159.8 (+10.2) 61%
Model 3 ML UK -1.6 (+2.4) 164.1 (+5.9) 57%
Baseline ML UK -3.3 (+0.7) 163.8 (+6.2) 73%

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 3, 2025 UNC 6764 UK
Dec 18, 2021 UK 9869 UNC
Dec 19, 2020 UNC 7563 UK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK UNC
Overall 23-10 29-8
Conference 13-5 17-3
Home 14-4 14-1
Away 7-3 8-2
Neutral 2-3 7-5
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 89.0 81.9
Avg Pts Against 79.7 70.5
Massey 12.0 (#29) 12.1 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 1.42 (#70) 1.75 (#51)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.16 (#59) 3.15 (#27)
RPI 0.563 (#85) 0.585 (#57)
Shooting & Four Factors UK UNC
FG% 50.4% 45.8%
3PT% 41.4% 35.9%
REB / G 37.8 38.8
OREB / G 9.2 12.0
AST / TO 2.20 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.5% 52.0%
TOV% 11.9% 13.9%
ORB% 25.9% 32.8%
FT Rate 19.6% 34.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 16.8%
DRB% 74.3% 74.2%
Opp FT Rate 18.4% 18.7%

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