That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
West Virginia Mountaineers
66 – 75
FINAL Neutral Holiday Hoopfest
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Charleston Coliseum (Neutral) · December 6, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WVU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money WVU -148 / WAKE +124
Model Predictions
Spread Total WVU win
Actual WAKE +9 141 Lost
Massey WAKE -3.0 (-6.0) — —
Massey Totals — 138.2 (+2.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 43% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 43% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WAKE -0.9 (-8.1) 138.9 (+2.1) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WAKE -1.4 (-7.6) 135.7 (+5.3) 41% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WAKE -1.4 (-7.6) 135.3 (+5.7) 44% ✓
Baseline ML WAKE -1.8 (-7.2) 137.2 (+3.8) 44% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WVU WAKE
Overall 21-14 18-17
Conference 9-9 7-11
Home 15-3 13-7
Away 3-6 2-7
Neutral 3-5 3-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak W3 L1
Avg Pts For 70.6 78.8
Avg Pts Against 65.7 76.9
Massey 7.3 (#81) 10.4 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 0.26 (#164) 0.56 (#145)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.61 (#153) 0.90 (#128)
RPI 0.487 (#194) 0.528 (#136)
Shooting & Four Factors WVU WAKE
FG% 44.6% 44.9%
3PT% 33.3% 32.9%
REB / G 36.4 38.0
OREB / G 10.2 13.2
AST / TO 1.44 1.33
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.2% 51.8%
TOV% 14.2% 16.0%
ORB% 28.8% 35.1%
FT Rate 29.1% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.9% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 22.2% 21.9%
DRB% 79.2% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 27.6%

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