Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML UK -1.0 (+2.0) 156.6 (-7.6) 50%

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 9478 UK
Feb 17, 2024 UK 7059 AUB
Feb 25, 2023 UK 8654 AUB
Jan 22, 2022 AUB 8071 UK
Feb 13, 2021 UK 8280 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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