Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
LSU Tigers
59 – 65
FINAL Conference
Tennessee Volunteers
Southeastern Conference · Pete Maravich Assembly Center · February 26, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread TENN -10.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money LSU +450 / TENN -700
Model Predictions
Spread Total LSU win
Actual TENN +6 124 Lost
Massey TENN -9.9 (+3.9) — —
Massey Totals — 134.1 (-10.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 13% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 6% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TENN -6.3 (+0.3) 137.3 (-13.3) 21% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TENN -8.0 (+2.0) 137.0 (-13.0) 18% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TENN -7.4 (+1.4) 135.9 (-11.9) 21% ✓
Baseline ML TENN -6.8 (+0.8) 136.2 (-12.2) 21% ✓

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 14, 2026 TENN 73 – 63 LSU
Feb 8, 2024 TENN 88 – 68 LSU
Jan 21, 2023 TENN 77 – 56 LSU
Jan 22, 2022 TENN 64 – 50 LSU
Jan 8, 2022 LSU 79 – 67 TENN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LSU TENN
Overall 14-18 30-8
Conference 3-15 12-6
Home 11-7 16-1
Away 2-8 6-5
Neutral 1-3 8-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 73.8 74.0
Avg Pts Against 73.6 63.1
Massey 9.1 (#63) 22.1 (#5)
Bradley-Terry 1.58 (#62) 4.05 (#3)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.89 (#69) 5.21 (#3)
RPI 0.521 (#141) 0.652 (#4)
Shooting & Four Factors LSU TENN
FG% 45.4% 45.4%
3PT% 31.6% 34.7%
REB / G 36.7 37.6
OREB / G 10.7 11.9
AST / TO 1.02 1.47
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 52.8%
TOV% 18.6% 16.4%
ORB% 30.9% 36.3%
FT Rate 23.8% 24.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.9% 43.5%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 18.9%
DRB% 65.7% 70.9%
Opp FT Rate 20.7% 20.3%

Game Analysis

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