In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Atlantic Coast Conference · KFC Yum! Center · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread LOU -17.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money LOU -3000 / MIA +1200
Model Predictions
Spread Total LOU win
Actual LOU +10 166 Won
Massey LOU -20.9 (-10.9) — —
Massey Totals — 159.7 (+6.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LOU -19.1 (-9.1) 154.1 (+11.9) 90% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LOU -14.1 (-4.1) 154.7 (+11.3) 90% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LOU -17.6 (-7.6) 156.7 (+9.3) 90% ✓
Baseline ML LOU -19.3 (-9.3) 157.0 (+9.0) 91% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 12, 2026 MIA 78 – 73 LOU
Mar 7, 2026 LOU 92 – 89 MIA
Jan 11, 2024 LOU 80 – 71 MIA
Feb 12, 2023 MIA 93 – 85 LOU
Dec 4, 2022 MIA 80 – 53 LOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LOU MIA
Overall 27-8 7-24
Conference 18-2 3-17
Home 14-3 7-10
Away 9-2 0-10
Neutral 4-3 0-4
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L2 W1
Avg Pts For 78.5 74.0
Avg Pts Against 69.5 80.6
Massey 15.9 (#27) -1.8 (#191)
Bradley-Terry 2.80 (#24) -1.36 (#289)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.50 (#27) -1.29 (#260)
RPI 0.628 (#16) 0.441 (#279)
Shooting & Four Factors LOU MIA
FG% 44.0% 46.3%
3PT% 32.0% 31.7%
REB / G 38.5 31.9
OREB / G 12.3 9.6
AST / TO 1.27 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 52.5%
TOV% 16.0% 15.7%
ORB% 33.9% 28.8%
FT Rate 25.5% 22.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 57.5%
Opp TOV% 19.2% 15.2%
DRB% 74.0% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 19.1% 20.4%

Game Analysis

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