Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Ohio State Buckeyes
70 71
FINAL Neutral CBS Sports Classic
North Carolina Tar Heels
State Farm Arena (Neutral) · December 20, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UNC -2.5 Home covered
O/U 157.5 Under
Money OSU +130 / UNC -155
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual UNC +1 141 Lost
Massey UNC -3.7 (+2.7)
Massey Totals 153.9 (-12.9)
Bradley-Terry 12%
Weighted B-T 5%
Efficiency Plus ML OSU -0.9 (-1.9) 148.9 (-7.9) 55%
Baseline Tuned ML UNC -0.2 (-0.8) 145.2 (-4.2) 45%
Baseline ML OSU -1.7 (-2.7) 146.0 (-5.0) 51%
Baseline Plus ML OSU -1.3 (-2.3) 147.0 (-6.0) 55%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 17, 2022 UNC 8984 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU UNC
Overall 21-13 24-9
Conference 12-8 12-6
Home 14-3 18-0
Away 5-6 4-6
Neutral 2-4 2-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L2 L3
Avg Pts For 79.3 79.7
Avg Pts Against 72.6 71.6
Massey 12.4 (#38) 16.0 (#26)
Bradley-Terry 1.63 (#65) 3.60 (#12)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.29 (#67) 5.20 (#13)
RPI 0.588 (#53) 0.653 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU UNC
FG% 51.2% 47.2%
3PT% 34.8% 32.7%
REB / G 37.3 42.1
OREB / G 9.5 11.8
AST / TO 1.53 1.62
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.5% 54.2%
TOV% 15.6% 14.8%
ORB% 31.1% 34.9%
FT Rate 32.4% 29.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 42.3%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 13.5%
DRB% 73.0% 74.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.6% 16.1%

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