They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Atlantic Coast Conference · Petersen Events Center · January 27, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PITT -1.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money PITT -112 / WAKE -108
Model Predictions
Spread Total PITT win
Actual PITT +4 156 Won
Massey WAKE -1.4 (+5.4) — —
Massey Totals — 147.4 (+8.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 31% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML WAKE -0.4 (+4.4) 144.2 (+11.8) 50% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PITT -0.3 (+3.7) 143.8 (+12.2) 57% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WAKE -0.2 (+4.2) 146.6 (+9.4) 49% ✗
Baseline ML WAKE -0.4 (+4.4) 145.8 (+10.2) 46% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 1, 2025 WAKE 76 – 74 PITT
Mar 14, 2024 PITT 81 – 69 WAKE
Feb 21, 2024 WAKE 91 – 58 PITT
Feb 1, 2024 PITT 77 – 72 WAKE
Jan 26, 2023 PITT 81 – 79 WAKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PITT WAKE
Overall 13-20 18-17
Conference 5-13 7-11
Home 8-10 13-7
Away 3-8 2-7
Neutral 2-2 3-3
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.5 78.8
Avg Pts Against 71.8 76.9
Massey 5.3 (#100) 9.9 (#62)
Bradley-Terry -0.01 (#169) 1.39 (#74)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.23 (#146) 1.64 (#79)
RPI 0.496 (#190) 0.565 (#69)
Shooting & Four Factors PITT WAKE
FG% 44.6% 44.9%
3PT% 34.9% 34.0%
REB / G 35.3 33.3
OREB / G 12.2 10.9
AST / TO 1.20 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 52.5%
TOV% 16.7% 16.2%
ORB% 34.7% 31.0%
FT Rate 20.7% 24.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.9% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 21.0%
DRB% 71.9% 65.9%
Opp FT Rate 26.5% 28.3%

Game Analysis

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