Who will win Virginia vs Maryland?
The model gives Virginia a 62% chance to beat Maryland, with a projected score of Virginia 79, Maryland 75. The spread is Virginia −5.5, with an over/under of 153.5. The model makes it Virginia by 3.5, 2.0 points toward Maryland, and projects 154 total points.
Half of games like thisFour in five
Calls of 60–70% have been right 64.8% of the time in 15,721 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.
Players to watch
| Player | Pts | Reb | Ast | Last games | Chance of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De RidderF · 25 min | 15.6 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 15+ 52% | |
| LewisG · 27 min | 12.8 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 15+ 35% | |
| MalloryG · 26 min | 12.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 15+ 34% | |
| GrunlohC · 26 min | 11.0 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 10+ 55% | |
| PayneF · 28 min | 18.6 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 20+ 42% | |
| MillsG · 23 min | 13.2 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 15+ 38% | |
| BuljanF · 22 min | 9.3 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 10+ 43% | |
| WagnerG · 26 min | 9.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 10+ 41% | |
Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line
The game without one player
Without Thijs De Ridder: Virginia 48%Maryland 52%
The white mark is the call with him: Virginia 62%.
| Player | Points a game he adds | Virginia without him | Change | Projected score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thijs De Ridder | 4.2 | 48% | −14 | 77–77 |
| Johann Grunloh | 4.0 | 48% | −14 | 77–77 |
| Chance Mallory | 3.9 | 49% | −13 | 77–77 |
| Sam Lewis | 3.4 | 51% | −11 | 77–77 |
| Tomislav Buljan | 3.3 | 73% | +11 | 80–74 |
| Pharrel Payne | 3.1 | 72% | +10 | 80–74 |
| DJ Wagner | 2.4 | 70% | +8 | 80–74 |
| Bishop Boswell | 2.2 | 69% | +7 | 80–74 |
Change is in Virginia's win chance, in points. Scores read Virginia, then Maryland. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.
Model against the line
| Spread | Over/under | |
|---|---|---|
| Line | Virginia −5.5 | 153.5 |
| Model | Virginia −3.5 | 154.1 |
| Gap | 2 toward Maryland | 0.6 higher |
A gap is a difference of opinion, not a tip. This season the model's side has covered 163 of 337 spreads (48%); over 11,507 games in the last two seasons it covered 50.6%. It takes about 52.4% to break even at standard odds. Scorecard
Your call
All of today's gamesPlay-by-play
Team numbers
Form
Virginia 4-0WWWW
- Nov 10W 95-61vs BucknellDidn't cover −38.5 · Over 151.5
- Nov 8W 91-72vs ArkansasCovered −3.5 · Over 162.5
- Nov 6W 97-72vs NortheasternDidn't cover −34.5 · Over 159.5
- Nov 3W 89-60vs Drexel
- Last 4
- 4–0, scoring 93.0 and allowing 66.2
- Against the spread, this season
- 1–2
- Totals, this season
- 3 over, 0 under
Maryland 1-1WL
- Nov 7L 74-86at GeorgetownDidn't cover −3.5 · Over 146.5
- Nov 2W 96-67vs Bucknell
- Last 2
- 1–1, scoring 85.0 and allowing 76.5
- Against the spread, this season
- 0–1
- Totals, this season
- 1 over, 0 under
The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.
Offense against defense
| Virginia | Maryland | |
|---|---|---|
| Points scored per 100 possessions | 119.9 14th | 115.8 45th |
| Points allowed per 100 | 95.9 26th | 101.4 75th |
| Possessions a game | 70.6 209th | 70.2 245th |
| Shooting (effective field-goal %) | 52.3% 71st | 48.8% 300th |
| Opponents' shooting | 50.9% 210th | 53.6% 345th |
| Turnovers, share of possessions | 18.3% 211th | 18.3% 211th |
| Offensive rebounds, share of misses | 36.0% 8th | 39.4% 1st |
| Free throws per shot | 0.23 327th | 0.28 80th |
The widest gap: Virginia's offense (14th) against Maryland's defense (75th), of 365 teams.
First half
- Projected halftime score
- Virginia 37, Maryland 35
- First-half margin
- Virginia by 1.9
- First-half points, both teams
- 72.3
- Projected second half
- Virginia 42, Maryland 40
- Second-half points, both teams
- 81.8
- Tied at the half
- 4%
- Virginia, first halves so far
- Led 4 of 4 · 47.0 scored, 29.0 allowed
- Maryland, first halves so far
- Led 1 of 2 · 36.0 scored, 37.0 allowed
Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard
Player projections
Virginia
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam LewisG | 27 | 12.8 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 15+ pts 35% · 2+ ast 49% · 2+ threes 50% | |||||
| Johann GrunlohC | 26 | 11.0 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 10+ pts 55% · 6+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 49% | |||||
| Chance MalloryG | 26 | 12.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.7 |
| 15+ pts 34% · 4+ ast 54% · 2+ threes 48% | |||||
| Thijs De RidderF | 25 | 15.6 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| 15+ pts 52% · 7+ reb 46% · 2+ ast 55% | |||||
| Nolan AdekunleF | 24 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 10+ pts 37% · 4+ reb 50% · 1+ threes 63% | |||||
| Kalu AnyaF | 13 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| 5+ pts 23% · 3+ reb 53% · 2+ ast 42% | |||||
| Elijah GertrudeG | 12 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 5+ pts 41% · 2+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 47% | |||||
| Jan VideG | 12 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| 5+ pts 41% · 2+ reb 47% · 2+ ast 49% | |||||
Maryland
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharrel PayneF | 28 | 18.6 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| 20+ pts 42% · 7+ reb 51% · 2+ ast 24% | |||||
| DJ WagnerG | 26 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 |
| 10+ pts 41% · 3+ reb 45% · 3+ ast 44% | |||||
| Mike McNair Jr.G | 23 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 10+ pts 32% · 3+ reb 48% · 2+ threes 38% | |||||
| Andre MillsG | 23 | 13.2 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| 15+ pts 38% · 5+ reb 45% · 2+ threes 53% | |||||
| Tomislav BuljanF | 22 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| 10+ pts 43% · 8+ reb 55% · 2+ ast 25% | |||||
| Bishop BoswellG | 20 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| 5+ pts 35% · 3+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 56% | |||||
| Kaden HouseG | 19 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 10+ pts 39% · 3+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 50% | |||||
| Baba OladotunF | 18 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| 5+ pts 48% · 4+ reb 41% · 1+ threes 30% | |||||
Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done
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