They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
LSU Tigers
75 – 74
FINAL Conference
Kentucky Wildcats
Southeastern Conference · Pete Maravich Assembly Center · February 22, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UK -5.5 Home covered
O/U 162.5 Under
Money LSU +188 / UK -250
Model Predictions
Spread Total LSU win
Actual LSU +1 149 Won
Massey UK -3.8 (+4.8) — —
Massey Totals — 169.8 (-20.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 40% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UK -2.1 (+3.1) 168.1 (-19.1) 41% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -2.3 (+3.3) 163.4 (-14.4) 41% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UK -2.2 (+3.2) 166.8 (-17.8) 41% ✗
Baseline ML UK -2.0 (+3.0) 166.4 (-17.4) 43% ✗

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 11, 2026 UK 87 – 82 LSU
Jan 15, 2026 UK 75 – 74 LSU
Mar 5, 2025 UK 95 – 64 LSU
Jan 4, 2023 UK 74 – 71 LSU
Feb 24, 2022 UK 71 – 66 LSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LSU UK
Overall 17-16 23-10
Conference 9-9 13-5
Home 12-6 14-4
Away 3-7 7-3
Neutral 2-3 2-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 76.4 89.0
Avg Pts Against 75.0 79.7
Massey 7.3 (#80) 14.5 (#21)
Bradley-Terry 1.13 (#94) 2.18 (#29)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.53 (#86) 2.77 (#25)
RPI 0.536 (#112) 0.583 (#46)
Shooting & Four Factors LSU UK
FG% 46.0% 49.0%
3PT% 35.8% 40.5%
REB / G 35.9 38.6
OREB / G 10.3 10.3
AST / TO 0.93 1.72
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.8% 56.4%
TOV% 18.1% 13.6%
ORB% 30.2% 29.0%
FT Rate 27.2% 22.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 16.3%
DRB% 68.2% 69.5%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 23.3%

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