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Virginia vs Bucknell result

Our pick

Pick landed
Virginia to win

Prediction updated

Predicted score
80–69
Margin
+11
Result
95–61

Our lines

Point spread
+11.5Bucknell to cover · 51%
Total points
148.5Over · 51% · projected 148.8
Fair odds
1.33Virginia · Bucknell 4.02

Who will win Virginia vs Bucknell?

Virginia are the pick at home against Bucknell: a 75% win chance and a projected 80–69 score.

Virginia have won 3 of their last 3, scoring 92.3 and allowing 68.0 points a game over that stretch. Bucknell have won 0 of their last 2, scoring 64.5 and allowing 89.0 points a game over that stretch.

Virginia sit 2nd in the Atlantic Coast at 3–0, while Bucknell sit 9th in the Patriot League at 0–2.

Our own lines for this game: Virginia -11.5 on the spread and 148.5 total points (148.8 projected).

Virginia to win (75%). Projected score: 80–69.

Markets

MarketSelectionModelMarketFinalFair odds
Winner (incl. overtime)Virginia75%–75%1.33
Winner (incl. overtime)Bucknell25%–25%4.02
Point spreadVirginia -11.549%–49%2.03
Point spreadBucknell +11.551%–51%1.97
Total pointsOver 148.551%–51%1.97
Total pointsUnder 148.549%–49%2.03

Probabilities come from a rating model fitted on this season's results; when bookmakers price the game they are blended with the market consensus.

Tale of the tape

VirginiaBefore tip-offBucknell
  • 3–0Season record0–2
  • 3–0Home / road recordThe home team at home, the away team on the road0–1
  • 3–0Last 10 games0–2
  • W3Current streakL2
  • 92.3Points per game64.5
  • 68.0Points allowed per game89.0
  • +24.3Average margin−24.5
  • 1 dayRest before this game2 days
  • 2Games in the last 7 days1

Quarter by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
Virginia0.00.0–0.0+16.745.0–28.30.00.0–0.0+7.647.3–39.7
Bucknell0.00.0–0.0−7.527.5–35.00.00.0–0.0−17.037.0–54.0

Average margin per period over each team's last 10 games in this competition, with scored–allowed underneath.

Recent form

Virginia

3–0

5–0, 1st in Atlantic Coast

Bucknell

0–2

0–4, 10th in Patriot League

Head to head

No recent meetings on record.

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