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Kentucky Wildcats
74 71
FINAL Conference
LSU Tigers
Southeastern Conference · Rupp Arena · January 4, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UK -10.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money UK -600 / LSU +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UK +3 145 Won
Massey UK -11.0 (-8.0)
Massey Totals 139.4 (+5.6)
Bradley-Terry 33%
Weighted B-T 29%
Efficiency Plus ML UK -9.8 (-6.8) 139.3 (+5.7) 82%
Baseline Tuned ML UK -7.5 (-4.5) 141.3 (+3.7) 78%
Baseline ML UK -8.3 (-5.3) 140.8 (+4.2) 78%
Baseline Plus ML UK -8.2 (-5.2) 140.0 (+5.0) 79%

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 8782 LSU
Jan 15, 2026 UK 7574 LSU
Mar 5, 2025 UK 9564 LSU
Feb 22, 2024 LSU 7574 UK
Feb 24, 2022 UK 7166 LSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK LSU
Overall 22-12 14-19
Conference 12-6 2-16
Home 14-4 10-8
Away 6-4 0-9
Neutral 2-4 4-2
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.5 67.6
Avg Pts Against 67.8 70.7
Massey 10.8 (#39) 4.2 (#102)
Bradley-Terry 1.42 (#65) 2.88 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.87 (#70) 3.66 (#15)
RPI 0.551 (#88) 0.596 (#40)
Shooting & Four Factors UK LSU
FG% 47.0% 45.8%
3PT% 39.0% 35.0%
REB / G 40.1 35.5
OREB / G 14.0 10.0
AST / TO 1.44 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 52.3%
TOV% 17.8% 18.6%
ORB% 39.0% 30.0%
FT Rate 20.3% 22.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.6% 47.0%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 21.3%
DRB% 72.7% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 17.6%

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