They were all in love with dying, they we're doing it in Texas. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
Atlantic Coast Conference · LJVM Coliseum · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread WAKE -5.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money WAKE -265 / VT +215
Model Predictions
Spread Total WAKE win
Actual WAKE +3 159 Won
Massey WAKE -4.4 (-1.4)
Massey Totals 158.6 (+0.4)
Bradley-Terry 38%
Weighted B-T 34%
Efficiency Plus ML WAKE -5.2 (-2.2) 153.0 (+6.0) 72%
Baseline Tuned ML WAKE -3.3 (-0.3) 148.4 (+10.6) 63%
Baseline ML WAKE -2.8 (+0.2) 150.8 (+8.2) 64%
Baseline Plus ML WAKE -3.1 (-0.1) 152.5 (+6.5) 61%

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 10, 2026 WAKE 9589 VT
Feb 21, 2026 VT 8263 WAKE
Jan 18, 2025 WAKE 7263 VT
Mar 2, 2024 VT 8776 WAKE
Dec 30, 2023 WAKE 8663 VT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WAKE VT
Overall 18-17 19-13
Conference 7-11 8-10
Home 13-7 14-3
Away 2-7 3-7
Neutral 3-3 2-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 78.8 78.8
Avg Pts Against 76.9 74.9
Massey 10.0 (#62) 9.4 (#69)
Bradley-Terry 1.36 (#82) 2.51 (#35)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.79 (#84) 3.14 (#43)
RPI 0.554 (#87) 0.626 (#22)
Shooting & Four Factors WAKE VT
FG% 44.8% 46.0%
3PT% 32.9% 35.7%
REB / G 36.2 37.9
OREB / G 12.1 12.0
AST / TO 1.25 1.64
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 52.5%
TOV% 16.8% 13.2%
ORB% 33.7% 32.5%
FT Rate 27.6% 24.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.8% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 21.3% 19.0%
DRB% 68.7% 67.7%
Opp FT Rate 26.6% 19.9%

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