They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Southeastern Conference · Food City Center · January 4, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread TENN -9.5 Home covered
O/U 121.5 Over
Money TENN -500 / MSST +333
Model Predictions
Spread Total TENN win
Actual TENN +34 140 Won
Massey TENN -15.0 (+19.0) — —
Massey Totals — 109.5 (+30.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 92% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TENN -12.4 (+21.6) 126.1 (+13.9) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TENN -12.6 (+21.4) 127.7 (+12.3) 85% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TENN -12.8 (+21.2) 127.3 (+12.7) 86% ✓
Baseline ML TENN -13.0 (+21.0) 128.0 (+12.0) 86% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 12, 2026 TENN 73 – 64 MSST
Jan 22, 2025 TENN 68 – 56 MSST
Mar 15, 2024 MSST 73 – 56 TENN
Jan 11, 2024 MSST 77 – 72 TENN
Jan 18, 2023 TENN 70 – 59 MSST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TENN MSST
Overall 25-11 21-13
Conference 11-7 8-10
Home 14-2 12-4
Away 4-6 4-6
Neutral 7-3 5-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 70.8 65.7
Avg Pts Against 57.9 61.0
Massey 20.7 (#3) 10.0 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 3.28 (#9) 2.20 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.14 (#10) 2.52 (#48)
RPI 0.641 (#9) 0.562 (#73)
Shooting & Four Factors TENN MSST
FG% 41.9% 42.2%
3PT% 32.4% 31.1%
REB / G 41.5 40.2
OREB / G 14.8 13.8
AST / TO 1.23 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 48.0%
TOV% 20.1% 19.2%
ORB% 39.5% 37.0%
FT Rate 28.0% 20.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 37.7% 43.1%
Opp TOV% 26.1% 24.5%
DRB% 72.2% 72.7%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 14.1%

Game Analysis

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