They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Southeastern Conference · Bud Walton Arena · January 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UK -5.5 Away covered
O/U 162.5 Under
Money ARK +210 / UK -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total ARK win
Actual UK +6 120 Lost
Massey UK -7.5 (+1.5) — —
Massey Totals — 171.4 (-51.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 36% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 29% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UK -4.9 (-1.1) 160.8 (-40.8) 34% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -5.3 (-0.7) 159.0 (-39.0) 35% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UK -6.4 (+0.4) 162.0 (-42.0) 30% ✓
Baseline ML UK -5.9 (-0.1) 159.0 (-39.0) 33% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 31, 2026 UK 85 – 77 ARK
Feb 2, 2025 ARK 89 – 79 UK
Mar 2, 2024 UK 111 – 102 ARK
Mar 4, 2023 UK 88 – 79 ARK
Feb 8, 2023 ARK 88 – 73 UK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ARK UK
Overall 16-17 23-10
Conference 6-12 13-5
Home 11-6 14-4
Away 2-7 7-3
Neutral 3-4 2-3
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 77.8 89.0
Avg Pts Against 79.8 79.7
Massey 3.1 (#123) 14.2 (#19)
Bradley-Terry 1.19 (#83) 2.45 (#18)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.31 (#96) 2.93 (#21)
RPI 0.559 (#85) 0.612 (#23)
Shooting & Four Factors ARK UK
FG% 44.4% 49.8%
3PT% 32.3% 40.0%
REB / G 35.9 38.1
OREB / G 8.8 9.8
AST / TO 0.98 1.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 57.4%
TOV% 16.2% 13.3%
ORB% 25.4% 27.9%
FT Rate 32.8% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 49.2%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 17.0%
DRB% 70.0% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 24.5% 21.9%

Game Analysis

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