I've never done bad things. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
North Carolina Tar Heels
59 – 72
FINAL Neutral Conference New York Life ACC
Virginia Tech Hokies
Atlantic Coast Conference · Barclays Center (Neutral) · March 12, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UNC -2.5 Away covered
O/U 139.0 Under
Money UNC -150 / VT +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNC win
Actual VT +13 131 Lost
Massey VT -0.2 (-12.8) — —
Massey Totals — 141.7 (-10.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 70% ✗
Baseline Plus ML VT -0.3 (-12.7) 139.2 (-8.2) 49% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VT -0.6 (-12.4) 138.6 (-7.6) 48% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNC -0.4 (-13.4) 143.3 (-12.3) 53% ✗
Baseline ML UNC -0.2 (-13.2) 142.1 (-11.1) 50% ✓

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 1, 2026 UNC 89 – 82 VT
Mar 5, 2025 UNC 91 – 59 VT
Feb 17, 2024 UNC 96 – 81 VT
Dec 4, 2022 VT 80 – 72 UNC
Feb 19, 2022 UNC 65 – 57 VT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNC VT
Overall 29-10 23-13
Conference 15-5 11-9
Home 15-2 11-4
Away 8-3 7-6
Neutral 6-5 5-3
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.9 70.8
Avg Pts Against 71.3 62.8
Massey 11.5 (#32) 11.7 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 2.30 (#32) 1.50 (#69)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.73 (#34) 1.90 (#64)
RPI 0.600 (#23) 0.557 (#67)
Shooting & Four Factors UNC VT
FG% 45.5% 47.0%
3PT% 37.1% 38.9%
REB / G 39.8 32.0
OREB / G 10.6 8.5
AST / TO 1.27 1.30
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.5% 55.2%
TOV% 16.5% 17.2%
ORB% 30.3% 28.0%
FT Rate 23.0% 17.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 14.2% 19.0%
DRB% 79.2% 73.8%
Opp FT Rate 15.7% 18.4%

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