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Georgia Bulldogs
82 – 69
FINAL Conference
Kentucky Wildcats
Southeastern Conference · Stegeman Coliseum · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UK -1.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money UGA +105 / UK -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total UGA win
Actual UGA +13 151 Won
Massey UK -1.7 (+14.7) — —
Massey Totals — 159.4 (-8.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 52% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 58% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UGA -1.5 (+11.5) 153.9 (-2.9) 56% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UGA -1.6 (+11.4) 151.4 (-0.4) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UGA -1.3 (+11.7) 153.0 (-2.0) 55% ✓
Baseline ML UGA -1.4 (+11.6) 153.9 (-2.9) 58% ✓

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 20, 2024 UK 105 – 96 UGA
Feb 11, 2023 UGA 75 – 68 UK
Jan 18, 2023 UK 85 – 71 UGA
Jan 8, 2022 UK 92 – 77 UGA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UGA UK
Overall 20-13 24-12
Conference 8-10 10-8
Home 15-3 15-3
Away 3-7 4-6
Neutral 2-3 5-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 75.3 84.4
Avg Pts Against 69.9 77.2
Massey 13.2 (#38) 19.0 (#12)
Bradley-Terry 2.75 (#28) 3.45 (#13)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.66 (#31) 4.18 (#18)
RPI 0.595 (#43) 0.642 (#15)
Shooting & Four Factors UGA UK
FG% 49.1% 48.8%
3PT% 34.2% 36.4%
REB / G 39.1 41.4
OREB / G 12.4 11.4
AST / TO 1.15 2.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.5% 56.6%
TOV% 19.2% 12.4%
ORB% 39.1% 31.0%
FT Rate 28.7% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.3% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 14.9%
DRB% 72.2% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 20.6% 19.0%

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