Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Kentucky Wildcats
68 – 77
FINAL SEC/Big 12 Challenge
Kansas Jayhawks
Rupp Arena · January 29, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UK -2.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money UK -154 / KU +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual KU +9 145 Lost
Massey KU -0.7 (-8.3) — —
Massey Totals — 144.3 (+0.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 35% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -1.6 (-10.6) 136.6 (+8.4) 58% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UK -2.5 (-11.5) 142.8 (+2.2) 60% ✗
Baseline ML UK -2.1 (-11.1) 142.8 (+2.2) 65% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UK -2.9 (-11.9) 142.9 (+2.1) 67% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 15, 2023 KU 89 – 84 UK
Jan 29, 2022 UK 80 – 62 KU
Dec 2, 2020 KU 65 – 62 UK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK KU
Overall 22-12 28-8
Conference 12-6 13-5
Home 14-4 15-1
Away 6-4 7-4
Neutral 2-4 6-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.5 75.4
Avg Pts Against 67.8 68.1
Massey 10.9 (#37) 15.1 (#12)
Bradley-Terry 1.98 (#37) 3.24 (#5)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.51 (#38) 3.82 (#6)
RPI 0.579 (#50) 0.657 (#2)
Shooting & Four Factors UK KU
FG% 45.7% 46.5%
3PT% 36.9% 35.7%
REB / G 39.4 37.0
OREB / G 13.9 10.7
AST / TO 1.41 1.36
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 52.8%
TOV% 17.2% 17.9%
ORB% 38.8% 30.9%
FT Rate 19.9% 20.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 46.7%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 21.0%
DRB% 74.4% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 23.0%

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