Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Atlantic Coast Conference · Cassell Coliseum · March 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UNC -8.5 Away covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money VT +300 / UNC -400
Model Predictions
Spread Total VT win
Actual UNC +32 150 Lost
Massey UNC -8.1 (-23.9) — —
Massey Totals — 154.0 (-4.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 23% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 14% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UNC -8.1 (-23.9) 150.0 (-0.0) 20% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNC -6.0 (-26.0) 149.2 (+0.8) 19% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNC -7.3 (-24.7) 150.2 (-0.2) 25% ✓
Baseline ML UNC -7.1 (-24.9) 150.7 (-0.7) 22% ✓

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
Feb 17, 2024 UNC 96 – 81 VT
Dec 4, 2022 VT 80 – 72 UNC
Mar 12, 2022 VT 72 – 59 UNC
Feb 19, 2022 UNC 65 – 57 VT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VT UNC
Overall 13-19 23-14
Conference 8-12 13-7
Home 8-9 12-3
Away 5-5 6-6
Neutral 0-5 5-5
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 69.2 80.7
Avg Pts Against 73.2 74.7
Massey 1.6 (#134) 13.0 (#40)
Bradley-Terry 0.32 (#144) 2.10 (#42)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.23 (#154) 2.66 (#46)
RPI 0.497 (#186) 0.599 (#28)
Shooting & Four Factors VT UNC
FG% 44.6% 48.0%
3PT% 36.1% 34.6%
REB / G 33.4 36.7
OREB / G 10.2 10.0
AST / TO 1.01 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 54.3%
TOV% 19.5% 15.1%
ORB% 31.6% 29.8%
FT Rate 22.3% 26.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 15.0%
DRB% 71.6% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 24.0% 22.8%

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