Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Atlantic Coast Conference · LJVM Coliseum · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WAKE -5.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money WAKE -230 / NCSU +195
Model Predictions
Spread Total WAKE win
Actual WAKE +18 136 Won
Massey WAKE -1.2 (+16.8) — —
Massey Totals — 130.8 (+5.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 91% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WAKE -2.2 (+15.8) 131.5 (+4.5) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WAKE -3.2 (+14.8) 134.3 (+1.7) 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WAKE -2.1 (+15.9) 134.1 (+1.9) 63% ✓
Baseline ML WAKE -1.8 (+16.2) 133.5 (+2.5) 60% ✓

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 31, 2026 NCSU 96 – 78 WAKE
Dec 31, 2025 NCSU 70 – 57 WAKE
Feb 22, 2025 NCSU 85 – 73 WAKE
Feb 10, 2024 WAKE 83 – 79 NCSU
Jan 17, 2024 NCSU 83 – 76 WAKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WAKE NCSU
Overall 21-11 12-19
Conference 13-7 5-15
Home 13-3 12-6
Away 6-6 0-11
Neutral 2-2 0-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 69.6
Avg Pts Against 68.0 70.4
Massey 3.0 (#114) 5.9 (#89)
Bradley-Terry 2.03 (#54) 0.52 (#128)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.46 (#61) 1.04 (#107)
RPI 0.578 (#57) 0.502 (#167)
Shooting & Four Factors WAKE NCSU
FG% 42.9% 46.4%
3PT% 27.7% 32.2%
REB / G 34.6 33.5
OREB / G 9.8 10.6
AST / TO 0.97 1.40
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 51.6%
TOV% 18.3% 14.7%
ORB% 28.4% 30.9%
FT Rate 24.9% 26.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.4% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 21.3% 21.0%
DRB% 68.3% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 23.4%

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