They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Kentucky Wildcats
68 – 73
FINAL Conference
Missouri Tigers
Southeastern Conference · Rupp Arena · January 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UK -12.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money UK -900 / MIZ +600
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual MIZ +5 141 Lost
Massey UK -13.7 (-18.7) — —
Massey Totals — 155.7 (-14.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 76% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UK -11.7 (-16.7) 150.7 (-9.7) 87% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -12.1 (-17.1) 146.3 (-5.3) 84% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UK -14.7 (-19.7) 150.2 (-9.2) 86% ✗
Baseline ML UK -12.4 (-17.4) 150.2 (-9.2) 86% ✗

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 12, 2026 UK 78 – 72 MIZ
Mar 8, 2025 UK 91 – 83 MIZ
Jan 10, 2024 UK 90 – 77 MIZ
Dec 29, 2022 MIZ 89 – 75 UK
Dec 30, 2021 UK 83 – 56 MIZ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK MIZ
Overall 22-14 20-13
Conference 10-8 10-8
Home 14-4 15-3
Away 4-6 5-6
Neutral 4-4 0-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L4
Avg Pts For 80.5 79.2
Avg Pts Against 74.3 75.5
Massey 17.5 (#19) 7.6 (#86)
Bradley-Terry 1.87 (#55) 1.89 (#51)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.07 (#39) 2.63 (#54)
RPI 0.549 (#91) 0.534 (#108)
Shooting & Four Factors UK MIZ
FG% 48.1% 51.4%
3PT% 33.1% 36.5%
REB / G 40.0 37.2
OREB / G 12.1 12.3
AST / TO 1.70 1.16
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 58.2%
TOV% 14.6% 18.4%
ORB% 34.3% 38.2%
FT Rate 25.5% 26.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.2% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 18.2%
DRB% 73.4% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 23.9%

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