Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Louisville Cardinals
74 – 64
FINAL Conference
Clemson Tigers
Atlantic Coast Conference · KFC Yum! Center · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread LOU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money LOU -165 / CLEM +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total LOU win
Actual LOU +10 138 Won
Massey LOU -4.6 (+5.4) — —
Massey Totals — 144.3 (-6.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 77% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LOU -4.5 (+5.5) 144.9 (-6.9) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LOU -2.3 (+7.7) 143.8 (-5.8) 66% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LOU -5.7 (+4.3) 143.3 (-5.3) 74% ✓
Baseline ML LOU -5.2 (+4.8) 145.2 (-7.2) 77% ✓

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 28, 2026 CLEM 80 – 75 LOU
Mar 15, 2025 LOU 76 – 73 CLEM
Jan 31, 2024 CLEM 70 – 64 LOU
Feb 19, 2023 LOU 83 – 73 CLEM
Jan 12, 2023 CLEM 83 – 70 LOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LOU CLEM
Overall 27-8 27-7
Conference 18-2 18-2
Home 14-3 15-2
Away 9-2 9-3
Neutral 4-3 3-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 78.5 76.1
Avg Pts Against 69.5 65.8
Massey 12.9 (#44) 12.3 (#46)
Bradley-Terry 2.87 (#25) 2.44 (#37)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.85 (#26) 3.08 (#41)
RPI 0.635 (#21) 0.619 (#29)
Shooting & Four Factors LOU CLEM
FG% 43.0% 46.4%
3PT% 29.8% 38.0%
REB / G 38.7 35.8
OREB / G 12.9 11.5
AST / TO 1.15 1.36
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 53.8%
TOV% 16.7% 15.9%
ORB% 35.0% 34.1%
FT Rate 27.7% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.9% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 20.9%
DRB% 73.7% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 20.0% 20.0%

Game Analysis

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