Funky Claude was running in and out / pulling kids out the ground "Smoke On the Water" - Deep Purple
Atlantic Coast Conference · Petersen Events Center · February 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PITT -3.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money PITT -155 / ND +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total PITT win
Actual PITT +5 141 Won
Massey PITT -0.4 (+4.6) — —
Massey Totals — 140.7 (+0.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 41% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 37% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PITT -0.4 (+4.6) 138.0 (+3.0) 50% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PITT -1.4 (+3.6) 135.7 (+5.3) 62% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PITT -0.5 (+4.5) 136.6 (+4.4) 51% ✓
Baseline ML PITT -0.2 (+4.8) 136.9 (+4.1) 51% ✓

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 11, 2025 ND 55 – 54 PITT
Feb 22, 2025 ND 76 – 72 PITT
Feb 3, 2024 PITT 70 – 60 ND
Mar 2, 2023 ND 88 – 81 PITT
Mar 5, 2022 ND 78 – 54 PITT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PITT ND
Overall 13-20 13-18
Conference 5-13 4-14
Home 8-10 10-7
Away 3-8 2-9
Neutral 2-2 1-2
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 70.5 74.5
Avg Pts Against 71.8 75.3
Massey 5.1 (#101) 7.6 (#82)
Bradley-Terry 0.18 (#149) 1.05 (#89)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.36 (#138) 1.43 (#86)
RPI 0.497 (#192) 0.533 (#106)
Shooting & Four Factors PITT ND
FG% 43.4% 45.1%
3PT% 33.1% 36.3%
REB / G 34.7 37.0
OREB / G 12.0 11.2
AST / TO 1.16 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.4% 52.7%
TOV% 17.3% 17.1%
ORB% 33.9% 32.1%
FT Rate 19.7% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.1% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 14.4%
DRB% 72.0% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 25.2% 25.0%

Game Analysis

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