In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Pittsburgh Panthers
75 – 78 OT
FINAL Conference
Clemson Tigers
Atlantic Coast Conference · Petersen Events Center · January 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PITT -3.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money PITT -165 / CLEM +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total PITT win
Actual CLEM +3 153 Lost
Massey PITT -5.7 (-8.7) — —
Massey Totals — 144.6 (+8.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 67% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 66% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PITT -4.9 (-7.9) 142.8 (+10.2) 69% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PITT -4.6 (-7.6) 140.1 (+12.9) 68% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML PITT -4.9 (-7.9) 142.2 (+10.8) 68% ✗
Baseline ML PITT -5.1 (-8.1) 141.3 (+11.7) 72% ✗

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 CLEM 63 – 52 PITT
Jan 3, 2026 CLEM 73 – 68 PITT
Feb 28, 2024 CLEM 69 – 62 PITT
Dec 3, 2023 CLEM 79 – 70 PITT
Jan 7, 2023 CLEM 75 – 74 PITT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PITT CLEM
Overall 17-15 27-7
Conference 8-12 18-2
Home 13-4 15-2
Away 3-9 9-3
Neutral 1-2 3-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.9 76.1
Avg Pts Against 70.8 65.8
Massey 15.0 (#28) 13.0 (#38)
Bradley-Terry 2.44 (#34) 2.44 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.95 (#41) 3.09 (#32)
RPI 0.614 (#30) 0.614 (#31)
Shooting & Four Factors PITT CLEM
FG% 47.4% 46.0%
3PT% 36.3% 38.1%
REB / G 35.3 35.4
OREB / G 9.5 11.3
AST / TO 1.33 1.36
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.7% 53.6%
TOV% 15.2% 16.0%
ORB% 28.9% 33.5%
FT Rate 27.4% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 20.7%
DRB% 70.9% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 21.0%

Game Analysis

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