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
Kentucky Wildcats
66 – 83
FINAL Neutral Champions Classic
Michigan State Spartans
Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · November 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UK -3.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money UK -175 / MSU +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual MSU +17 149 Lost
Massey UK -16.6 (-33.6) — —
Massey Totals — 151.9 (-2.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 35% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 38% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UK -8.4 (-25.4) 144.3 (+4.7) 72% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -8.6 (-25.6) 142.4 (+6.6) 76% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UK -9.6 (-26.6) 143.2 (+5.8) 79% ✗
Baseline ML UK -10.3 (-27.3) 145.2 (+3.8) 83% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 16, 2022 MSU 86 – 77 UK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK MSU
Overall 22-14 27-8
Conference 10-8 15-5
Home 14-4 15-2
Away 4-6 6-4
Neutral 4-4 6-2
Last 5 3-1 3-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.5 78.8
Avg Pts Against 74.3 68.3
Massey 19.6 (#4) 2.9 (#121)
Bradley-Terry 0.90 (#119) 1.51 (#66)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.45 (#117) 1.94 (#89)
RPI 0.583 (#88) 0.641 (#50)
Shooting & Four Factors UK MSU
FG% 52.3% 43.6%
3PT% 34.2% 21.7%
REB / G 48.0 45.7
OREB / G 13.8 17.0
AST / TO 1.80 1.85
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.7% 47.2%
TOV% 15.8% 16.3%
ORB% 39.0% 45.5%
FT Rate 22.1% 33.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 40.9% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 13.2% 17.6%
DRB% 79.7% 78.9%
Opp FT Rate 25.7% 18.3%

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