I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
Atlantic Coast Conference · Purcell Pavilion · February 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NCSU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money ND +245 / NCSU -305
Model Predictions
Spread Total ND win
Actual ND +6 186 Won
Massey NCSU -7.1 (+13.1) — —
Massey Totals — 156.6 (+29.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 27% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 21% ✗
Baseline Plus ML NCSU -6.4 (+12.4) 153.1 (+32.9) 30% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NCSU -5.1 (+11.1) 151.3 (+34.7) 37% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML NCSU -5.1 (+11.1) 152.4 (+33.6) 31% ✗
Baseline ML NCSU -5.2 (+11.2) 152.6 (+33.4) 34% ✗

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 9, 2025 NCSU 66 – 65 ND
Jan 4, 2024 NCSU 54 – 52 ND
Jan 25, 2023 NCSU 85 – 82 ND
Feb 5, 2022 ND 69 – 57 NCSU
Jan 27, 2022 ND 73 – 65 NCSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ND NCSU
Overall 13-18 20-14
Conference 4-14 10-8
Home 10-7 11-6
Away 2-9 6-4
Neutral 1-2 3-4
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 74.5 83.2
Avg Pts Against 75.3 76.3
Massey 6.5 (#91) 16.5 (#28)
Bradley-Terry 0.86 (#97) 2.38 (#35)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.20 (#94) 3.12 (#36)
RPI 0.523 (#122) 0.595 (#33)
Shooting & Four Factors ND NCSU
FG% 44.6% 47.1%
3PT% 35.2% 39.0%
REB / G 36.6 35.2
OREB / G 11.2 9.8
AST / TO 1.06 1.71
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.2% 55.7%
TOV% 17.1% 13.4%
ORB% 31.6% 28.1%
FT Rate 22.5% 25.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 18.9%
DRB% 73.3% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 26.6% 25.3%

Game Analysis

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