They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Clemson Tigers
83 70
FINAL Conference
Louisville Cardinals
Atlantic Coast Conference · Littlejohn Coliseum · January 12, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread CLEM -17.0 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total CLEM win
Actual CLEM +13 153 Won
Massey CLEM -22.2 (-9.2)
Massey Totals 139.7 (+13.3)
Bradley-Terry 100%
Weighted B-T 100%
Efficiency Plus ML CLEM -14.7 (-1.7) 141.7 (+11.3) 90%
Baseline Tuned ML CLEM -16.7 (-3.7) 144.2 (+8.8) 91%
Baseline ML CLEM -18.4 (-5.4) 145.2 (+7.8) 90%
Baseline Plus ML CLEM -19.4 (-6.4) 143.7 (+9.3) 91%

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 28, 2026 CLEM 8075 LOU
Mar 15, 2025 LOU 7673 CLEM
Jan 8, 2025 LOU 7464 CLEM
Jan 31, 2024 CLEM 7064 LOU
Feb 19, 2023 LOU 8373 CLEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CLEM LOU
Overall 23-11 4-28
Conference 14-6 2-18
Home 15-2 4-13
Away 5-6 0-11
Neutral 3-3 0-4
Last 5 5-0 0-5
Streak L2 L5
Avg Pts For 74.7 63.9
Avg Pts Against 67.9 75.8
Massey 8.0 (#68) -10.1 (#335)
Bradley-Terry 2.08 (#37) -2.60 (#351)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.49 (#43) -2.36 (#329)
RPI 0.599 (#31) 0.410 (#320)
Shooting & Four Factors CLEM LOU
FG% 46.8% 40.9%
3PT% 39.0% 32.0%
REB / G 34.8 32.3
OREB / G 7.2 8.9
AST / TO 1.41 0.54
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.3% 46.7%
TOV% 16.0% 24.1%
ORB% 22.8% 26.9%
FT Rate 25.9% 25.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.4% 53.7%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 18.0%
DRB% 75.8% 69.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 19.6%

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