We live on blood / We are Sparta F.C "Theme from Sparta FC" - The Fall
(3) Kentucky Wildcats
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(6) Illinois Fighting Illini
Fiserv Forum (Neutral) · March 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -2.5 Home covered
O/U 167.5 Under
Money UK +120 / ILL -140
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UK +9 159 Won
Massey ILL -0.5 (+9.5)
Massey Totals 169.0 (-10.0)
Bradley-Terry 64%
Weighted B-T 56%
Baseline Plus ML UK -2.4 (+6.6) 167.4 (-8.4) 52%
Model 4 ML UK -1.2 (+7.8) 172.6 (-13.6) 58%
Model 3 ML UK -2.5 (+6.5) 167.8 (-8.8) 57%
Baseline ML UK -3.3 (+5.7) 169.6 (-10.6) 47%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK ILL
Overall 24-12 22-13
Conference 10-8 12-8
Home 15-3 13-4
Away 4-6 5-5
Neutral 5-3 4-4
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 84.4 83.6
Avg Pts Against 77.2 74.8
Massey 18.4 (#15) 18.9 (#13)
Bradley-Terry 3.36 (#8) 2.77 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.93 (#13) 3.68 (#19)
RPI 0.620 (#14) 0.587 (#36)
Shooting & Four Factors UK ILL
FG% 48.2% 45.1%
3PT% 37.4% 31.4%
REB / G 38.5 42.6
OREB / G 10.0 13.0
AST / TO 1.54 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.0% 52.5%
TOV% 15.1% 15.9%
ORB% 28.5% 35.9%
FT Rate 26.2% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 14.1% 12.5%
DRB% 74.1% 74.1%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 19.1%

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