Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
North Carolina Tar Heels
72 – 65
FINAL Neutral Conference ACC
Pittsburgh Panthers
Atlantic Coast Conference · Capital One Arena (Neutral) · March 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UNC -7.5 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money UNC -333 / PITT +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNC win
Actual UNC +7 137 Won
Massey UNC -6.3 (+0.7) — —
Massey Totals — 146.4 (-9.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 77% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 85% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UNC -4.1 (+2.9) 146.6 (-9.6) 67% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNC -3.9 (+3.1) 143.8 (-6.8) 64% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNC -5.0 (+2.0) 145.7 (-8.7) 70% ✓
Baseline ML UNC -4.7 (+2.3) 147.1 (-10.1) 67% ✓

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 14, 2026 UNC 79 – 65 PITT
Feb 8, 2025 UNC 67 – 66 PITT
Jan 29, 2025 PITT 73 – 65 UNC
Jan 3, 2024 UNC 70 – 57 PITT
Feb 2, 2023 PITT 65 – 64 UNC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNC PITT
Overall 29-8 22-11
Conference 17-3 12-8
Home 14-1 13-5
Away 8-2 7-4
Neutral 7-5 2-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.9 75.6
Avg Pts Against 70.5 67.6
Massey 18.6 (#9) 12.3 (#38)
Bradley-Terry 3.04 (#5) 1.84 (#48)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.98 (#4) 2.25 (#49)
RPI 0.626 (#7) 0.550 (#84)
Shooting & Four Factors UNC PITT
FG% 45.2% 43.8%
3PT% 36.0% 35.8%
REB / G 41.2 37.2
OREB / G 12.2 11.5
AST / TO 1.38 1.51
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 51.8%
TOV% 14.6% 13.6%
ORB% 33.1% 31.4%
FT Rate 27.9% 22.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.1% 49.0%
Opp TOV% 15.1% 16.7%
DRB% 76.1% 76.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 23.2%

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