I've never done bad things. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
Tennessee Volunteers
82 – 71
FINAL SEC/Big 12 Challenge
Texas Longhorns
Food City Center · January 28, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread TENN -5.5 Home covered
O/U 132.5 Over
Money TENN -250 / TEX +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total TENN win
Actual TENN +11 153 Won
Massey TENN -9.1 (+1.9) — —
Massey Totals — 135.6 (+17.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 60% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 59% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TENN -8.8 (+2.2) 135.9 (+17.1) 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TENN -7.9 (+3.1) 135.0 (+18.0) 80% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TENN -8.6 (+2.4) 138.1 (+14.9) 74% ✓
Baseline ML TENN -8.4 (+2.6) 137.3 (+15.7) 82% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 7, 2026 TENN 85 – 71 TEX
Mar 14, 2025 TENN 83 – 72 TEX
Jan 11, 2025 TENN 74 – 70 TEX
Mar 24, 2024 TENN 62 – 58 TEX
Jan 30, 2022 TEX 52 – 51 TENN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TENN TEX
Overall 25-11 29-9
Conference 11-7 12-6
Home 14-2 17-1
Away 4-6 4-6
Neutral 7-3 8-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.8 78.0
Avg Pts Against 57.9 67.8
Massey 22.0 (#2) 16.4 (#7)
Bradley-Terry 2.89 (#12) 3.10 (#9)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.43 (#15) 3.80 (#9)
RPI 0.631 (#12) 0.627 (#15)
Shooting & Four Factors TENN TEX
FG% 44.2% 48.3%
3PT% 34.0% 33.4%
REB / G 39.8 36.1
OREB / G 13.4 10.6
AST / TO 1.32 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 54.1%
TOV% 19.5% 17.2%
ORB% 38.3% 30.6%
FT Rate 23.5% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 38.5% 47.9%
Opp TOV% 25.1% 23.2%
DRB% 71.8% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 24.4%

Game Analysis

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