And of all my friends, you've been the best to me. / Soon will be the day when I repay you handsomely. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
Auburn Tigers
75 – 74
FINAL Conference
Kentucky Wildcats
Southeastern Conference · Neville Arena · February 22, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread AUB -3.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money AUB -180 / UK +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total AUB win
Actual AUB +1 149 Won
Massey AUB -1.0 (-0.0) — —
Massey Totals — 160.5 (-11.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 51% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 61% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UK -1.0 (+2.0) 156.6 (-7.6) 50% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ AUB -2.6 (-1.6) 154.4 (-5.4) 56% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML AUB -2.6 (-1.6) 155.0 (-6.0) 59% ✓
Baseline ML AUB -1.6 (-0.6) 155.2 (-6.2) 58% ✓

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 1, 2025 AUB 94 – 78 UK
Feb 17, 2024 UK 70 – 59 AUB
Feb 25, 2023 UK 86 – 54 AUB
Jan 22, 2022 AUB 80 – 71 UK
Feb 13, 2021 UK 82 – 80 AUB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AUB UK
Overall 22-16 22-14
Conference 7-11 10-8
Home 14-4 14-4
Away 2-8 4-6
Neutral 6-4 4-4
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak W5 L1
Avg Pts For 83.0 80.5
Avg Pts Against 78.8 74.3
Massey 15.1 (#31) 17.0 (#26)
Bradley-Terry 2.20 (#44) 2.66 (#29)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.24 (#36) 3.36 (#29)
RPI 0.595 (#34) 0.590 (#39)
Shooting & Four Factors AUB UK
FG% 45.7% 46.9%
3PT% 33.6% 35.1%
REB / G 37.1 38.1
OREB / G 13.8 12.0
AST / TO 1.31 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 53.9%
TOV% 14.2% 14.9%
ORB% 38.5% 34.2%
FT Rate 34.2% 27.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.4% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 15.7%
DRB% 68.4% 70.2%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 26.1%

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