Hmm, you're so pretty, not to talk to you would be a crime. "Baby, Baby" - The Vibrators
Tennessee Volunteers
80 – 61
FINAL SEC/Big 12 Challenge
Kansas Jayhawks
Food City Center · January 30, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread TENN -3.5 Home covered
O/U 130.5 Over
Money TENN -150 / KU +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total TENN win
Actual TENN +19 141 Won
Massey TENN -5.1 (+13.9) — —
Massey Totals — 129.2 (+11.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 44% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 45% ✗
Baseline Plus ML TENN -5.8 (+13.2) 130.5 (+10.5) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TENN -5.1 (+13.9) 128.7 (+12.3) 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TENN -5.6 (+13.4) 128.4 (+12.6) 68% ✓
Baseline ML TENN -6.9 (+12.1) 127.4 (+13.6) 75% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 27, 2025 KU 81 – 76 TENN
Nov 22, 2023 KU 69 – 60 TENN
Nov 26, 2022 TENN 64 – 50 KU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TENN KU
Overall 18-9 21-9
Conference 10-7 12-6
Home 13-3 14-1
Away 4-4 4-6
Neutral 1-2 3-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 71.9 70.1
Avg Pts Against 63.5 65.2
Massey 16.0 (#11) 13.5 (#25)
Bradley-Terry 2.53 (#27) 3.23 (#8)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.19 (#30) 3.89 (#16)
RPI 0.582 (#51) 0.632 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors TENN KU
FG% 44.6% 43.9%
3PT% 32.4% 35.2%
REB / G 36.1 38.1
OREB / G 11.4 11.7
AST / TO 1.36 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.8% 50.2%
TOV% 16.6% 18.7%
ORB% 32.5% 32.4%
FT Rate 27.6% 21.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.4% 48.6%
Opp TOV% 24.6% 19.5%
DRB% 71.8% 73.7%
Opp FT Rate 20.0% 18.5%

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