With fingernails that shine like justice, and a voice that is dark like tinted glass. "Short Skirt Long Jacket" - Cake
Atlantic Coast Conference · KFC Yum! Center · February 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread LOU -23.5 Away covered
O/U 167.5 Under
Money LOU -5000 / GT +1800
Model Predictions
Spread Total LOU win
Actual LOU +17 157 Won
Massey LOU -24.1 (-7.1) — —
Massey Totals — 161.2 (-4.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LOU -20.5 (-3.5) 159.4 (-2.4) 91% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LOU -18.8 (-1.8) 161.5 (-4.5) 90% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LOU -22.3 (-5.3) 160.6 (-3.6) 91% ✓
Baseline ML LOU -23.0 (-6.0) 159.2 (-2.2) 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

Feb 1, 2025 GT 77 – 70 LOU
Feb 10, 2024 LOU 79 – 67 GT
Feb 25, 2023 GT 83 – 67 LOU
Feb 2, 2023 LOU 68 – 58 GT
Mar 9, 2022 LOU 84 – 74 GT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LOU GT
Overall 24-11 11-20
Conference 11-7 2-16
Home 15-2 10-9
Away 4-7 1-9
Neutral 5-2 0-2
Last 5 4-1 0-5
Streak L1 L12
Avg Pts For 84.3 73.8
Avg Pts Against 72.5 77.4
Massey 21.8 (#10) 0.7 (#153)
Bradley-Terry 2.86 (#25) -0.18 (#186)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.73 (#25) -0.30 (#186)
RPI 0.607 (#28) 0.477 (#230)
Shooting & Four Factors LOU GT
FG% 47.2% 44.4%
3PT% 35.8% 36.2%
REB / G 39.8 37.7
OREB / G 11.8 10.8
AST / TO 1.52 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.7% 50.2%
TOV% 16.3% 18.4%
ORB% 33.7% 30.2%
FT Rate 27.1% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 15.4%
DRB% 73.1% 69.5%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 23.5%

Game Analysis

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