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Virginia at Maryland

Friday, November 13, 2026, 8:00 PM ET at XFINITY Center. Virginia AP 6, our rank 16 · 4-0; Maryland our rank 56 · 1-1.

Who will win Virginia vs Maryland?

Logged before tip-off; never changed after it.

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.

To winVirginia 62%Maryland 38%
Projected score79–75Virginia, then Maryland
Margin3.5Virginia · line: Virginia 5.5
Total154.1line: 153.5
First half37–35Virginia ahead 56%
Virginia by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20Maryland by 30Model: Virginia by 3.5Line: Virginia by 5.5Virginia by 30by 10by 10Maryland by 30Model: Virginia by 3.5Line: Virginia by 5.5

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

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Virginia
De RidderF · 25 min15.66.52.015+ 52%
LewisG · 27 min12.83.61.715+ 35%
MalloryG · 26 min12.63.14.015+ 34%
GrunlohC · 26 min11.06.21.310+ 55%
Maryland
PayneF · 28 min18.66.90.920+ 42%
MillsG · 23 min13.24.51.415+ 38%
BuljanF · 22 min9.38.21.010+ 43%
WagnerG · 26 min9.02.62.510+ 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

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Thijs De Ridder: Virginia 48%Maryland 52%

The white mark is the call with him: Virginia 62%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsVirginia without himChangeProjected score
Virginia
Thijs De Ridder4.248%−1477–77
Johann Grunloh4.048%−1477–77
Chance Mallory3.949%−1377–77
Sam Lewis3.451%−1177–77
Maryland
Tomislav Buljan3.373%+1180–74
Pharrel Payne3.172%+1080–74
DJ Wagner2.470%+880–74
Bishop Boswell2.269%+780–74

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

DraftKings · as of 2:23 AM ET
SpreadOver/under
LineVirginia −5.5153.5
ModelVirginia −3.5154.1
Gap2 toward Maryland0.6 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

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Virginia 4-0WWWW

    1. Nov 10W 95-61vs BucknellDidn't cover −38.5 · Over 151.5
    2. Nov 8W 91-72vs ArkansasCovered −3.5 · Over 162.5
    3. Nov 6W 97-72vs NortheasternDidn't cover −34.5 · Over 159.5
    4. 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

    1. Nov 7L 74-86at GeorgetownDidn't cover −3.5 · Over 146.5
    2. 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

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    VirginiaMaryland
    Points scored per 100 possessions119.9 14th115.8 45th
    Points allowed per 10095.9 26th101.4 75th
    Possessions a game70.6 209th70.2 245th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)52.3% 71st48.8% 300th
    Opponents' shooting50.9% 210th53.6% 345th
    Turnovers, share of possessions18.3% 211th18.3% 211th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses36.0% 8th39.4% 1st
    Free throws per shot0.23 327th0.28 80th

    The widest gap: Virginia's offense (14th) against Maryland's defense (75th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    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

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Virginia

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Sam LewisG2712.83.61.71.8
    15+ pts 35% · 2+ ast 49% · 2+ threes 50%
    Johann GrunlohC2611.06.21.30.7
    10+ pts 55% · 6+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 49%
    Chance MalloryG2612.63.14.01.7
    15+ pts 34% · 4+ ast 54% · 2+ threes 48%
    Thijs De RidderF2515.66.52.01.2
    15+ pts 52% · 7+ reb 46% · 2+ ast 55%
    Nolan AdekunleF248.53.91.31.1
    10+ pts 37% · 4+ reb 50% · 1+ threes 63%
    Kalu AnyaF132.83.01.50.2
    5+ pts 23% · 3+ reb 53% · 2+ ast 42%
    Elijah GertrudeG124.51.91.30.7
    5+ pts 41% · 2+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 47%
    Jan VideG124.61.71.70.1
    5+ pts 41% · 2+ reb 47% · 2+ ast 49%

    Maryland

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Pharrel PayneF2818.66.90.90.2
    20+ pts 42% · 7+ reb 51% · 2+ ast 24%
    DJ WagnerG269.02.62.51.2
    10+ pts 41% · 3+ reb 45% · 3+ ast 44%
    Mike McNair Jr.G237.92.81.31.4
    10+ pts 32% · 3+ reb 48% · 2+ threes 38%
    Andre MillsG2313.24.51.42.0
    15+ pts 38% · 5+ reb 45% · 2+ threes 53%
    Tomislav BuljanF229.38.21.00.1
    10+ pts 43% · 8+ reb 55% · 2+ ast 25%
    Bishop BoswellG204.03.02.10.9
    5+ pts 35% · 3+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 56%
    Kaden HouseG198.82.61.20.8
    10+ pts 39% · 3+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 50%
    Baba OladotunF185.23.30.70.4
    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

    Why the model sees it this way

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