Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Michigan State Spartans
86 – 77 2OT
FINAL Neutral Champions Classic
Kentucky Wildcats
Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Neutral) · November 16, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UK -6.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money MSU +225 / UK -300
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSU win
Actual MSU +9 163 Won
Massey UK -8.1 (+17.1) — —
Massey Totals — 123.4 (+39.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 19% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 15% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UK -4.2 (+13.2) 135.7 (+27.3) 37% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -4.3 (+13.3) 136.2 (+26.8) 34% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UK -4.7 (+13.7) 132.5 (+30.5) 29% ✗
Baseline ML UK -5.5 (+14.5) 130.5 (+32.5) 28% ✗

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 18, 2025 MSU 83 – 66 UK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSU UK
Overall 21-13 22-12
Conference 11-8 12-6
Home 12-2 14-4
Away 4-7 6-4
Neutral 5-4 2-4
Last 5 1-1 2-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.9 74.5
Avg Pts Against 67.9 67.8
Massey 5.4 (#72) 13.4 (#9)
Bradley-Terry -0.61 (#254) 0.87 (#84)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.42 (#201) 1.34 (#75)
RPI 0.427 (#244) 0.604 (#95)
Shooting & Four Factors MSU UK
FG% 42.7% 50.4%
3PT% 27.9% 51.2%
REB / G 39.0 44.0
OREB / G 11.0 10.5
AST / TO 1.12 1.68
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.9% 59.3%
TOV% 18.2% 17.0%
ORB% 29.3% 30.4%
FT Rate 20.5% 21.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.7% 37.6%
Opp TOV% 21.8% 18.5%
DRB% 70.0% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 20.0% 11.3%

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