And with the way you look I understand you're not impressed. "Alison" - Elvis Costello
Ohio State Buckeyes
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FINAL Neutral CBS Sports Classic
Kentucky Wildcats
Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · December 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UK -8.5 Home covered
O/U 159.5 Under
Money OSU +290 / UK -380
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +20 150 Won
Massey UK -5.5 (+25.5)
Massey Totals 162.7 (-12.7)
Bradley-Terry 13%
Weighted B-T 11%
Baseline Plus ML OSU -1.5 (+18.5) 161.7 (-11.7) 41%
Baseline ML OSU -0.5 (+19.5) 160.1 (-10.1) 41%
Baseline Tuned ML UK -1.5 (+21.5) 158.6 (-8.6) 37%
Efficiency Plus ML OSU -0.5 (+19.5) 156.5 (-6.5) 52%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU UK
Overall 17-15 24-12
Conference 9-11 10-8
Home 11-6 15-3
Away 4-7 4-6
Neutral 2-2 5-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 78.8 84.4
Avg Pts Against 73.5 77.2
Massey 14.5 (#26) 20.0 (#8)
Bradley-Terry 1.49 (#73) 3.38 (#10)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.47 (#58) 4.61 (#11)
RPI 0.573 (#65) 0.642 (#15)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU UK
FG% 49.5% 49.5%
3PT% 40.6% 36.7%
REB / G 36.0 44.5
OREB / G 8.8 11.7
AST / TO 1.37 2.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.1% 57.2%
TOV% 15.8% 13.1%
ORB% 28.2% 31.5%
FT Rate 23.4% 22.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.2% 45.0%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 13.9%
DRB% 71.4% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 16.2%

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