You have to let that raga drop. "Rock the Casbah" - The Clash
Kentucky Wildcats
78 86
FINAL Conference
Georgia Bulldogs
Southeastern Conference · Rupp Arena · February 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UK -6.5 Away covered
O/U 161.5 Over
Money UK -298 / UGA +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UGA +8 164 Lost
Massey UK -4.3 (-12.3)
Massey Totals 168.5 (-4.5)
Bradley-Terry 79%
Weighted B-T 80%
Efficiency Plus ML UK -6.0 (-14.0) 163.8 (+0.2) 71%
Baseline Tuned ML UK -5.1 (-13.1) 162.4 (+1.6) 73%
Baseline ML UK -6.0 (-14.0) 162.2 (+1.8) 69%
Baseline Plus ML UK -4.1 (-12.1) 162.8 (+1.2) 68%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 8, 2025 UGA 8269 UK
Jan 20, 2024 UK 10596 UGA
Feb 11, 2023 UGA 7568 UK
Jan 18, 2023 UK 8571 UGA
Jan 8, 2022 UK 9277 UGA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK UGA
Overall 22-14 22-11
Conference 10-8 10-8
Home 14-4 14-4
Away 4-6 6-4
Neutral 4-4 2-3
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 80.5 89.4
Avg Pts Against 74.3 79.8
Massey 17.4 (#24) 16.1 (#29)
Bradley-Terry 2.88 (#28) 2.05 (#49)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.64 (#27) 2.86 (#44)
RPI 0.604 (#30) 0.558 (#65)
Shooting & Four Factors UK UGA
FG% 47.0% 46.6%
3PT% 34.9% 31.7%
REB / G 37.9 39.7
OREB / G 11.9 13.8
AST / TO 1.58 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 53.5%
TOV% 14.7% 14.6%
ORB% 33.9% 36.2%
FT Rate 27.6% 28.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 19.3%
DRB% 70.4% 64.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 20.7%

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