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Southeastern Conference · Humphrey Coliseum · January 12, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MSST -4.5 Away covered
O/U 161.5 Over
Money MSST -215 / UK +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSST win
Actual UK +5 185 Lost
Massey MSST -3.4 (-8.4) — —
Massey Totals — 166.0 (+19.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 79% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 85% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MSST -4.8 (-9.8) 161.8 (+23.2) 71% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSST -4.4 (-9.4) 158.0 (+27.0) 69% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MSST -4.1 (-9.1) 159.6 (+25.4) 65% ✗
Baseline ML MSST -5.0 (-10.0) 160.2 (+24.8) 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

Jan 11, 2026 UK 92 – 68 MSST
Feb 28, 2024 UK 91 – 89 MSST
Jan 18, 2024 UK 90 – 77 MSST
Feb 16, 2023 UK 71 – 68 MSST
Jan 26, 2022 UK 82 – 74 MSST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSST UK
Overall 21-13 24-12
Conference 8-10 10-8
Home 10-5 15-3
Away 6-5 4-6
Neutral 5-3 5-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 79.5 84.4
Avg Pts Against 74.2 77.2
Massey 17.9 (#16) 18.3 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 3.97 (#6) 3.33 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.03 (#7) 4.08 (#20)
RPI 0.631 (#23) 0.644 (#14)
Shooting & Four Factors MSST UK
FG% 47.6% 48.1%
3PT% 34.2% 35.7%
REB / G 39.3 40.9
OREB / G 13.3 11.5
AST / TO 1.80 1.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 55.6%
TOV% 13.8% 12.9%
ORB% 35.9% 30.9%
FT Rate 21.5% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.2% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 21.1% 15.2%
DRB% 71.3% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 25.2% 21.0%

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