With fingernails that shine like justice, and a voice that is dark like tinted glass. "Short Skirt Long Jacket" - Cake
Kentucky Wildcats
85 – 84
FINAL Neutral Conference SEC
Oklahoma Sooners
Southeastern Conference · Bridgestone Arena (Neutral) · March 14, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UK -6.5 Away covered
O/U 160.5 Over
Money UK -295 / OU +245
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UK +1 169 Won
Massey UK -7.1 (-6.1) — —
Massey Totals — 163.7 (+5.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 62% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UK -5.0 (-4.0) 160.8 (+8.2) 68% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -4.8 (-3.8) 161.2 (+7.8) 69% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UK -5.0 (-4.0) 163.4 (+5.6) 70% ✓
Baseline ML UK -5.6 (-4.6) 160.9 (+8.1) 68% ✓

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 5, 2026 UK 94 – 78 OU
Feb 27, 2025 UK 83 – 82 OU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK OU
Overall 24-12 20-14
Conference 10-8 6-12
Home 15-3 12-5
Away 4-6 2-7
Neutral 5-3 6-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 84.4 78.3
Avg Pts Against 77.2 74.6
Massey 19.3 (#12) 12.2 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 3.40 (#8) 2.79 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.05 (#10) 3.57 (#21)
RPI 0.625 (#11) 0.564 (#59)
Shooting & Four Factors UK OU
FG% 48.4% 47.2%
3PT% 37.8% 37.0%
REB / G 38.7 32.2
OREB / G 10.3 8.5
AST / TO 1.56 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.3% 54.9%
TOV% 14.9% 17.5%
ORB% 29.2% 26.9%
FT Rate 26.1% 31.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 14.2% 18.2%
DRB% 73.6% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.3% 26.1%

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