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Kentucky Wildcats
95 – 64
FINAL Conference
LSU Tigers
Southeastern Conference · Rupp Arena · March 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UK -12.5 Home covered
O/U 156.5 Over
Money UK -1000 / LSU +600
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UK +31 159 Won
Massey UK -12.8 (+18.2) — —
Massey Totals — 160.5 (-1.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 91% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UK -13.8 (+17.2) 159.9 (-0.9) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -12.1 (+18.9) 163.4 (-4.4) 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UK -12.4 (+18.6) 161.1 (-2.1) 87% ✓
Baseline ML UK -12.1 (+18.9) 159.2 (-0.2) 87% ✓

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 11, 2026 UK 87 – 82 LSU
Jan 15, 2026 UK 75 – 74 LSU
Feb 22, 2024 LSU 75 – 74 UK
Jan 4, 2023 UK 74 – 71 LSU
Feb 24, 2022 UK 71 – 66 LSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK LSU
Overall 24-12 14-18
Conference 10-8 3-15
Home 15-3 11-7
Away 4-6 2-8
Neutral 5-3 1-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 84.4 73.8
Avg Pts Against 77.2 73.6
Massey 18.5 (#14) 9.0 (#63)
Bradley-Terry 3.26 (#9) 1.51 (#63)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.89 (#12) 1.83 (#67)
RPI 0.622 (#14) 0.516 (#153)
Shooting & Four Factors UK LSU
FG% 48.3% 45.0%
3PT% 37.3% 31.1%
REB / G 38.8 36.2
OREB / G 10.3 10.7
AST / TO 1.54 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.2% 51.8%
TOV% 15.1% 18.3%
ORB% 29.4% 30.7%
FT Rate 25.9% 23.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 13.9% 16.7%
DRB% 73.4% 65.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 21.0%

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