They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Kentucky Wildcats
85 – 71
FINAL Conference
Georgia Bulldogs
Southeastern Conference · Rupp Arena · January 18, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UK -11.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Over
Money UK -600 / UGA +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UK +14 156 Won
Massey UK -8.6 (+5.4) — —
Massey Totals — 135.0 (+21.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 71% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UK -6.5 (+7.5) 135.1 (+20.9) 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -7.9 (+6.1) 133.9 (+22.1) 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UK -5.8 (+8.2) 137.0 (+19.0) 72% ✓
Baseline ML UK -6.2 (+7.8) 137.0 (+19.0) 74% ✓

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 18, 2026 UGA 86 – 78 UK
Jan 8, 2025 UGA 82 – 69 UK
Jan 20, 2024 UK 105 – 96 UGA
Feb 11, 2023 UGA 75 – 68 UK
Jan 8, 2022 UK 92 – 77 UGA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK UGA
Overall 22-12 16-16
Conference 12-6 6-12
Home 14-4 13-4
Away 6-4 1-10
Neutral 2-4 2-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 74.5 68.5
Avg Pts Against 67.8 71.5
Massey 9.6 (#48) 4.8 (#99)
Bradley-Terry 1.62 (#54) 1.46 (#62)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.08 (#54) 1.95 (#61)
RPI 0.564 (#71) 0.559 (#78)
Shooting & Four Factors UK UGA
FG% 45.6% 42.2%
3PT% 37.5% 34.2%
REB / G 39.3 39.1
OREB / G 14.1 12.3
AST / TO 1.38 0.86
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.6% 48.4%
TOV% 17.6% 20.4%
ORB% 39.2% 35.1%
FT Rate 20.1% 27.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.2% 45.9%
Opp TOV% 18.7% 18.2%
DRB% 73.0% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.9% 16.0%

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