And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
80 – 87
FINAL Neutral Conference New York Life ACC
Virginia Tech Hokies
Atlantic Coast Conference · Barclays Center (Neutral) · March 11, 2022
Betting Lines
O/U 132.5 Over
Money ND -105 / VT -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total ND win
Actual VT +7 167 Lost
Massey VT -2.2 (-4.8) — —
Massey Totals — 129.3 (+37.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 60% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VT -2.2 (-4.8) 130.9 (+36.1) 42% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VT -0.5 (-6.5) 134.6 (+32.4) 48% ✓
Baseline ML VT -1.1 (-5.9) 135.8 (+31.2) 48% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VT -1.1 (-5.9) 131.7 (+35.3) 44% ✓

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 17, 2026 VT 89 – 76 ND
Feb 8, 2025 VT 65 – 63 ND
Mar 9, 2024 VT 82 – 76 ND
Feb 10, 2024 ND 74 – 66 VT
Mar 8, 2023 VT 67 – 64 ND

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ND VT
Overall 24-11 23-13
Conference 15-5 11-9
Home 14-1 11-4
Away 7-5 7-6
Neutral 2-5 5-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.1 70.8
Avg Pts Against 67.2 62.8
Massey 9.4 (#56) 11.6 (#29)
Bradley-Terry 1.85 (#47) 1.41 (#72)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.19 (#51) 1.81 (#72)
RPI 0.587 (#38) 0.554 (#73)
Shooting & Four Factors ND VT
FG% 45.6% 46.7%
3PT% 37.7% 39.0%
REB / G 34.0 32.2
OREB / G 7.1 8.6
AST / TO 1.38 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 54.9%
TOV% 15.4% 17.5%
ORB% 22.2% 28.2%
FT Rate 20.5% 17.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 48.6%
Opp TOV% 15.1% 19.1%
DRB% 75.8% 73.7%
Opp FT Rate 15.3% 17.8%

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