Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
KFC Yum! Center · December 21, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UK -14.5 Away covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Money LOU +650 / UK -1000
Model Predictions
Spread Total LOU win
Actual UK +19 171 Lost
Massey UK -12.2 (-6.8) — —
Massey Totals — 163.5 (+7.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 7% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 2% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UK -7.8 (-11.2) 158.5 (+12.5) 18% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -9.3 (-9.7) 157.6 (+13.4) 16% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UK -8.8 (-10.2) 160.3 (+10.7) 18% ✓
Baseline ML UK -9.1 (-9.9) 158.1 (+12.9) 17% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 12, 2025 LOU 96 – 88 UK
Dec 14, 2024 UK 93 – 85 LOU
Dec 31, 2022 UK 86 – 63 LOU
Dec 26, 2020 LOU 62 – 59 UK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LOU UK
Overall 8-24 23-10
Conference 3-17 13-5
Home 7-11 14-4
Away 1-10 7-3
Neutral 0-3 2-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L8 L2
Avg Pts For 72.0 89.0
Avg Pts Against 79.1 79.7
Massey -3.7 (#239) 13.2 (#21)
Bradley-Terry -1.55 (#298) 2.00 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.02 (#301) 2.87 (#39)
RPI 0.401 (#325) 0.597 (#39)
Shooting & Four Factors LOU UK
FG% 41.8% 49.5%
3PT% 29.4% 40.8%
REB / G 38.6 38.3
OREB / G 13.0 10.1
AST / TO 0.85 2.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.3% 57.2%
TOV% 17.6% 12.5%
ORB% 33.8% 27.7%
FT Rate 31.1% 20.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 49.5%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 19.7%
DRB% 72.3% 74.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.5% 20.1%

Game Analysis

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