Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Clemson Tigers
54 – 50
FINAL Conference
Louisville Cardinals
Atlantic Coast Conference · Littlejohn Coliseum · January 28, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread CLEM -1.5 Home covered
O/U 130.5 Under
Money CLEM -110 / LOU +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total CLEM win
Actual CLEM +4 104 Won
Massey CLEM -2.0 (+2.0) — —
Massey Totals — 127.0 (-23.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CLEM -2.8 (+1.2) 132.8 (-28.8) 63% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CLEM -1.5 (+2.5) 128.6 (-24.6) 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CLEM -3.2 (+0.8) 131.9 (-27.9) 66% ✓
Baseline ML CLEM -3.1 (+0.9) 133.4 (-29.4) 65% ✓

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 8, 2025 LOU 74 – 64 CLEM
Jan 31, 2024 CLEM 70 – 64 LOU
Feb 19, 2023 LOU 83 – 73 CLEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CLEM LOU
Overall 16-8 13-7
Conference 10-6 8-5
Home 11-1 9-2
Away 2-5 4-4
Neutral 3-2 0-1
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 64.9 68.0
Avg Pts Against 61.9 66.5
Massey 9.2 (#58) 9.8 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 2.62 (#23) 2.42 (#30)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.46 (#23) 2.86 (#42)
RPI 0.621 (#15) 0.619 (#18)
Shooting & Four Factors CLEM LOU
FG% 42.2% 46.9%
3PT% 32.3% 32.7%
REB / G 32.8 36.7
OREB / G 9.5 9.4
AST / TO 0.94 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 52.0%
TOV% 19.5% 18.7%
ORB% 28.0% 30.2%
FT Rate 18.8% 27.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.5% 47.9%
Opp TOV% 24.1% 18.0%
DRB% 72.1% 74.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 21.3%

Game Analysis

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