And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tennessee Volunteers
62 – 75
FINAL Neutral Music City Madness
Illinois Fighting Illini
Bridgestone Arena (Neutral) · December 7, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread TENN -1.5 Away covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money TENN -135 / ILL +114
Model Predictions
Spread Total TENN win
Actual ILL +13 137 Lost
Massey ILL -2.1 (-10.9) — —
Massey Totals — 152.8 (-15.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 59% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 61% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILL -0.6 (-12.4) 148.9 (-11.9) 44% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -1.0 (-12.0) 146.4 (-9.4) 45% ✓
Baseline ML ILL -0.8 (-12.2) 148.9 (-11.9) 46% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ILL -0.2 (-12.8) 149.6 (-12.6) 45% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 14, 2024 TENN 66 – 64 ILL
Dec 9, 2023 TENN 86 – 79 ILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TENN ILL
Overall 25-12 28-9
Conference 11-7 15-5
Home 14-3 14-3
Away 5-5 8-2
Neutral 6-4 6-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.8 83.2
Avg Pts Against 69.6 68.8
Massey 16.1 (#21) 18.2 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 2.16 (#42) 1.78 (#61)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.31 (#39) 2.86 (#53)
RPI 0.597 (#50) 0.583 (#64)
Shooting & Four Factors TENN ILL
FG% 48.0% 48.1%
3PT% 35.1% 32.5%
REB / G 43.0 44.5
OREB / G 14.8 13.9
AST / TO 1.46 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.2% 55.3%
TOV% 18.8% 14.1%
ORB% 44.3% 39.5%
FT Rate 27.0% 27.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.5% 46.7%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 12.5%
DRB% 70.6% 76.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 13.9%

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