Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
LSU Tigers
73 82
FINAL Conference
South Carolina Gamecocks
Southeastern Conference · Pete Maravich Assembly Center · February 18, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread LSU -7.5 Away covered
O/U 131.5 Over
Money LSU -400 / SC +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total LSU win
Actual SC +9 155 Lost
Massey LSU -10.9 (-19.9)
Massey Totals 130.3 (+24.7)
Bradley-Terry 82%
Weighted B-T 88%
Efficiency Plus ML LSU -9.3 (-18.3) 134.3 (+20.7) 78%
Baseline Tuned ML LSU -8.6 (-17.6) 132.7 (+22.3) 80%
Baseline ML LSU -8.8 (-17.8) 133.0 (+22.0) 77%
Baseline Plus ML LSU -8.5 (-17.5) 131.9 (+23.1) 79%

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 31, 2026 LSU 9287 SC
Jan 7, 2026 SC 7868 LSU
Feb 19, 2025 LSU 8167 SC
Feb 17, 2024 LSU 6463 SC
Feb 19, 2022 SC 7775 LSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LSU SC
Overall 14-19 11-21
Conference 2-16 4-14
Home 10-8 7-8
Away 0-9 4-8
Neutral 4-2 0-5
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.6 64.3
Avg Pts Against 70.7 72.6
Massey 2.0 (#133) -5.2 (#262)
Bradley-Terry 0.55 (#125) -0.30 (#207)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.58 (#128) -0.65 (#232)
RPI 0.500 (#182) 0.468 (#241)
Shooting & Four Factors LSU SC
FG% 41.2% 39.8%
3PT% 32.9% 32.3%
REB / G 34.4 34.5
OREB / G 10.5 12.2
AST / TO 0.95 0.82
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.7% 46.5%
TOV% 19.4% 19.9%
ORB% 30.1% 33.0%
FT Rate 22.9% 17.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 52.9%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 16.1%
DRB% 71.3% 67.9%
Opp FT Rate 20.6% 19.5%

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