Lord Lucan is missing. "Lord Lucan is Missing" - The Dodgems
Virginia Cavaliers
90 – 61
FINAL Conference
NC State Wolfpack
Atlantic Coast Conference · John Paul Jones Arena · February 25, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UVA -6.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money UVA -285 / NCSU +230
Model Predictions
Spread Total UVA win
Actual UVA +29 151 Won
Massey UVA -3.5 (+25.5) — —
Massey Totals — 157.4 (-6.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UVA -5.9 (+23.1) 152.3 (-1.3) 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UVA -5.2 (+23.8) 152.1 (-1.1) 76% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UVA -6.5 (+22.5) 150.9 (+0.1) 75% ✓
Baseline ML UVA -5.1 (+23.9) 151.9 (-0.9) 77% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 12, 2026 UVA 81 – 74 NCSU
Jan 3, 2026 UVA 76 – 61 NCSU
Dec 31, 2024 UVA 70 – 67 NCSU
Mar 16, 2024 NCSU 73 – 65 UVA
Jan 25, 2024 UVA 59 – 53 NCSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UVA NCSU
Overall 30-6 20-14
Conference 15-3 10-8
Home 16-1 11-6
Away 8-2 6-4
Neutral 6-3 3-4
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 80.4 83.2
Avg Pts Against 68.8 76.3
Massey 18.1 (#23) 17.5 (#24)
Bradley-Terry 3.55 (#13) 2.47 (#34)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.35 (#14) 3.23 (#35)
RPI 0.626 (#19) 0.600 (#32)
Shooting & Four Factors UVA NCSU
FG% 46.5% 47.9%
3PT% 36.0% 39.6%
REB / G 41.3 35.2
OREB / G 14.0 9.5
AST / TO 1.56 1.72
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 56.5%
TOV% 15.9% 13.3%
ORB% 39.5% 27.9%
FT Rate 24.2% 26.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.2% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 18.9%
DRB% 71.4% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 25.3% 25.2%

Game Analysis

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