And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
KFC Yum! Center · December 28, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread LOU -21.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money LOU -6000 / EKU +1800
Model Predictions
Spread Total LOU win
Actual LOU +2 154 Won
Massey LOU -18.3 (-16.3)
Massey Totals 152.8 (+1.2)
Bradley-Terry 98%
Weighted B-T 99%
Baseline Plus ML LOU -15.2 (-13.2) 150.7 (+3.3) 88%
Efficiency Plus ML LOU -13.9 (-11.9) 152.4 (+1.6) 87%
Baseline Tuned ML LOU -16.2 (-14.2) 151.1 (+2.9) 88%
Baseline ML LOU -16.3 (-14.3) 151.5 (+2.5) 88%

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 LOU EKU
Overall 27-8 18-14
Conference 18-2 12-6
Home 14-3 10-3
Away 9-2 7-9
Neutral 4-3 1-2
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 78.5 76.5
Avg Pts Against 69.5 75.9
Massey 12.0 (#44) -2.0 (#201)
Bradley-Terry 2.16 (#50) -0.72 (#235)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.26 (#40) -0.81 (#227)
RPI 0.621 (#26) 0.470 (#230)
Shooting & Four Factors LOU EKU
FG% 43.3% 41.5%
3PT% 29.8% 32.0%
REB / G 37.3 34.7
OREB / G 12.4 13.4
AST / TO 1.11 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.2% 48.5%
TOV% 17.1% 15.5%
ORB% 33.9% 33.5%
FT Rate 26.6% 15.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.1% 53.9%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 20.2%
DRB% 72.4% 63.2%
Opp FT Rate 21.1% 25.7%

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