Well you know that it's a shame and a pity you were raised up in the city / And you never learned nothing about country ways "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" - Country Joe and the Fish
Kentucky Wildcats
78 – 66
FINAL Neutral CBS Sports Classic
St. John's Red Storm
State Farm Arena (Neutral) · December 20, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UK -1.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money UK -115 / SJU -105
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UK +12 144 Won
Massey UK -0.2 (+11.8) — —
Massey Totals — 153.3 (-9.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 29% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 23% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -0.0 (+12.0) 150.6 (-6.6) 51% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UK -0.2 (+11.8) 147.9 (-3.9) 47% ✗
Baseline ML UK -0.7 (+11.3) 150.5 (-6.5) 44% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UK -0.4 (+11.6) 151.5 (-7.5) 45% ✗

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UK SJU
Overall 22-14 30-7
Conference 10-8 18-2
Home 14-4 18-2
Away 4-6 9-1
Neutral 4-4 3-4
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.5 80.9
Avg Pts Against 74.3 69.6
Massey 18.3 (#16) 18.1 (#17)
Bradley-Terry 1.23 (#93) 2.15 (#49)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.26 (#70) 3.49 (#37)
RPI 0.528 (#125) 0.633 (#23)
Shooting & Four Factors UK SJU
FG% 47.8% 47.8%
3PT% 32.2% 34.8%
REB / G 41.4 39.9
OREB / G 11.8 13.7
AST / TO 1.88 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.6% 54.2%
TOV% 13.7% 17.5%
ORB% 33.2% 37.8%
FT Rate 24.0% 33.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.7% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 20.8%
DRB% 75.1% 65.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 19.9%

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