And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Atlantic Coast Conference · McCamish Pavilion · January 31, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UNC -9.5 Away covered
O/U 160.5 Over
Money GT +410 / UNC -550
Model Predictions
Spread Total GT win
Actual UNC +16 166 Lost
Massey UNC -10.6 (-5.4) — —
Massey Totals — 153.0 (+13.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 8% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNC -9.3 (-6.7) 149.1 (+16.9) 20% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNC -9.1 (-6.9) 150.1 (+15.9) 24% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UNC -9.5 (-6.5) 149.5 (+16.5) 22% ✓
Baseline ML UNC -8.4 (-7.6) 149.7 (+16.3) 21% ✓

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 7, 2024 UNC 68 – 65 GT
Jan 31, 2024 GT 74 – 73 UNC
Dec 10, 2022 UNC 75 – 59 GT
Jan 16, 2022 UNC 88 – 65 GT
Dec 5, 2021 UNC 79 – 62 GT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GT UNC
Overall 11-20 24-9
Conference 2-16 12-6
Home 10-9 18-0
Away 1-9 4-6
Neutral 0-2 2-3
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L12 L3
Avg Pts For 73.8 79.7
Avg Pts Against 77.4 71.6
Massey 2.8 (#126) 16.5 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 0.07 (#160) 3.09 (#21)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.03 (#165) 3.73 (#25)
RPI 0.503 (#166) 0.641 (#15)
Shooting & Four Factors GT UNC
FG% 44.8% 48.2%
3PT% 35.8% 34.6%
REB / G 39.1 40.0
OREB / G 11.0 11.6
AST / TO 1.21 1.73
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.4% 55.6%
TOV% 18.9% 14.2%
ORB% 31.5% 33.9%
FT Rate 24.9% 27.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.9% 46.4%
Opp TOV% 15.6% 13.8%
DRB% 70.5% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.1% 16.8%

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