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Louisville Cardinals
76 – 73
FINAL Neutral Conference ACC
Clemson Tigers
Atlantic Coast Conference · Spectrum Center (Neutral) · March 15, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CLEM -2.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money LOU +125 / CLEM -145
Model Predictions
Spread Total LOU win
Actual LOU +3 149 Won
Massey LOU -0.3 (+2.7) — —
Massey Totals — 141.7 (+7.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 49% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 47% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CLEM -0.2 (+3.2) 135.0 (+14.0) 52% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CLEM -1.6 (+4.6) 136.5 (+12.5) 44% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML LOU -0.1 (+2.9) 135.6 (+13.4) 51% ✓
Baseline ML LOU -0.1 (+2.9) 133.6 (+15.4) 54% ✓

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
Jan 8, 2025 LOU 74 – 64 CLEM
Jan 31, 2024 CLEM 70 – 64 LOU
Feb 19, 2023 LOU 83 – 73 CLEM
Jan 12, 2023 CLEM 83 – 70 LOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LOU CLEM
Overall 27-8 27-7
Conference 18-2 18-2
Home 14-3 15-2
Away 9-2 9-3
Neutral 4-3 3-2
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 78.5 76.1
Avg Pts Against 69.5 65.8
Massey 16.2 (#23) 15.9 (#26)
Bradley-Terry 3.00 (#15) 3.05 (#14)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.62 (#18) 3.73 (#16)
RPI 0.612 (#16) 0.622 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors LOU CLEM
FG% 45.7% 46.8%
3PT% 33.3% 37.3%
REB / G 37.4 35.3
OREB / G 11.1 11.1
AST / TO 1.25 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 54.0%
TOV% 16.4% 15.9%
ORB% 32.2% 33.8%
FT Rate 25.9% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 20.1%
DRB% 73.0% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 18.6% 18.5%

Game Analysis

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