The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
North Carolina Tar Heels
79 – 80
FINAL Neutral Conference ACC
Clemson Tigers
Atlantic Coast Conference · Spectrum Center (Neutral) · March 13, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CLEM -2.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money UNC +114 / CLEM -135
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNC win
Actual CLEM +1 159 Lost
Massey UNC -2.2 (-3.2) — —
Massey Totals — 138.4 (+20.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 65% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UNC -2.0 (-3.0) 135.7 (+23.3) 61% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNC -1.6 (-2.6) 136.3 (+22.7) 60% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UNC -2.4 (-3.4) 135.7 (+23.3) 60% ✗
Baseline ML UNC -2.7 (-3.7) 135.3 (+23.7) 64% ✗

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 4, 2026 UNC 67 – 63 CLEM
Feb 11, 2025 CLEM 85 – 65 UNC
Feb 7, 2024 CLEM 80 – 76 UNC
Jan 6, 2024 UNC 65 – 55 CLEM
Feb 11, 2023 UNC 91 – 71 CLEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNC CLEM
Overall 24-9 24-11
Conference 12-6 12-6
Home 18-0 13-3
Away 4-6 6-5
Neutral 2-3 5-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L3 L2
Avg Pts For 79.7 73.8
Avg Pts Against 71.6 66.7
Massey 16.5 (#25) 14.3 (#37)
Bradley-Terry 3.26 (#15) 2.48 (#34)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.67 (#22) 3.03 (#38)
RPI 0.637 (#8) 0.588 (#35)
Shooting & Four Factors UNC CLEM
FG% 47.3% 45.6%
3PT% 34.4% 34.0%
REB / G 38.0 34.7
OREB / G 10.8 9.5
AST / TO 1.66 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.5% 52.9%
TOV% 14.1% 14.5%
ORB% 31.5% 28.9%
FT Rate 25.9% 26.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 13.7% 17.6%
DRB% 71.4% 74.6%
Opp FT Rate 16.3% 24.7%

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