Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Atlantic Coast Conference · Lenovo Center · February 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NCSU -10.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Over
Money NCSU -625 / VT +455
Model Predictions
Spread Total NCSU win
Actual NCSU +9 155 Won
Massey NCSU -11.1 (-2.1)
Massey Totals 161.3 (-6.3)
Bradley-Terry 71%
Weighted B-T 71%
Efficiency Plus ML NCSU -9.1 (-0.1) 158.0 (-3.0) 82%
Baseline Tuned ML NCSU -10.2 (-1.2) 157.6 (-2.6) 83%
Baseline ML NCSU -10.0 (-1.0) 155.4 (-0.4) 82%
Baseline Plus ML NCSU -10.3 (-1.3) 156.9 (-1.9) 81%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 16, 2025 VT 7976 NCSU
Jan 20, 2024 VT 8478 NCSU
Mar 9, 2023 NCSU 9777 VT
Jan 8, 2023 NCSU 7369 VT
Jan 20, 2022 VT 6259 NCSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NCSU VT
Overall 20-14 19-13
Conference 10-8 8-10
Home 11-6 14-3
Away 6-4 3-7
Neutral 3-4 2-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 83.2 78.8
Avg Pts Against 76.3 74.9
Massey 18.5 (#21) 10.4 (#56)
Bradley-Terry 2.44 (#37) 2.04 (#49)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.08 (#38) 2.76 (#47)
RPI 0.602 (#33) 0.593 (#43)
Shooting & Four Factors NCSU VT
FG% 48.0% 44.9%
3PT% 40.1% 34.5%
REB / G 35.9 35.8
OREB / G 9.8 11.5
AST / TO 1.77 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.0% 51.7%
TOV% 13.5% 14.4%
ORB% 28.6% 32.2%
FT Rate 26.7% 27.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 19.4% 18.4%
DRB% 72.0% 66.6%
Opp FT Rate 25.6% 20.1%

Game Analysis

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