Putting Up Numbers· women's college basketball

Virginia Tech’s points of margin at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Virginia Tech was NaN points over at home and 7.3 points over away over its last 60 games, 33 games against 20. The plain averages are 12.7 and 5.5, a difference of 7.2.

Virginia Tech’s NaN at home vs away over expected ranks 1st of the 363 teams with 6 games on each side over their last 60 games.

points of margin a game over expected

A NaN difference in points of margin over expected at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

A +7.2 difference in points of margin at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Virginia Tech’s games, last 60 games, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpoints of marginExpected
Nov 30, 2024vsMichigan (neutral)L-11-10.1
Dec 4, 2024@GeorgiaW95.2
Dec 8, 2024@DukeL-22-19.9
Dec 15, 2024vsRadfordW3932.7
Dec 21, 2024vsCampbellW3518.3
Jan 2, 2025vsFlorida StateL-31-6.8
Jan 5, 2025@MiamiW44.0
Jan 9, 2025@Georgia TechW11-10.5
Jan 12, 2025vsWake ForestW711.8
Jan 16, 2025vsVirginiaL-87.7
Jan 19, 2025vsLouisvilleW5-3.3
Jan 23, 2025@PittsburghW277.7
Jan 26, 2025@NC StateL-28-13.9
Jan 30, 2025vsNotre DameL-16-19.2
Feb 2, 2025vsSMUW812.4
Feb 6, 2025vsSyracuseL-69.3
Feb 9, 2025@VirginiaW250.0
Feb 13, 2025@North CarolinaL-5-13.4
Feb 20, 2025vsStanfordL-12.7
Feb 23, 2025vsCaliforniaW3-2.4
Feb 27, 2025@Boston CollegeL-32.2
Mar 2, 2025@ClemsonW2-0.3
Mar 6, 2025vsGeorgia Tech (neutral)L-15-6.1
Mar 20, 2025vsNorth Carolina A&TW1618.9
Mar 23, 2025vsTexas TechL-107.4
Nov 4, 2025vsTowsonW4426.2
Nov 9, 2025vsLoyola MarylandW1632.5
Nov 13, 2025vsGardner-WebbW3639.7
Nov 15, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaW2318.5
Nov 20, 2025vsNiagaraW3753.3
Nov 23, 2025@James MadisonL-9-0.3
Nov 27, 2025vsBYU (neutral)L-44.0
Nov 29, 2025vsOregon State (neutral)W1110.4
Dec 4, 2025vsFloridaW42.9
Dec 7, 2025vsDukeL-16-11.2
Dec 10, 2025vsPresbyterianW5653.6
Dec 14, 2025vsEast Tennessee StateW1830.5
Dec 18, 2025@Florida StateW257.7
Dec 21, 2025vsRadfordW3226.1
Jan 1, 2026vsMiamiL-87.0
Jan 4, 2026@LouisvilleL-25-13.7
Jan 8, 2026@SyracuseW20-3.8
Jan 11, 2026vsBoston CollegeW2225.6
Jan 15, 2026@SMUW3718.9
Jan 22, 2026vsClemsonW33.3
Jan 24, 2026@Wake ForestW2811.7
Jan 29, 2026vsPittsburghW1729.7
Feb 1, 2026vsVirginiaW120.6
Feb 5, 2026@Notre DameL-10-10.8
Feb 8, 2026vsNC StateL-20-2.3
Feb 12, 2026@StanfordW12-1.8
Feb 15, 2026@CaliforniaW10-0.7
Feb 19, 2026vsNorth CarolinaL-3-6.9
Feb 22, 2026vsGeorgia TechW119.9
Mar 1, 2026@VirginiaW1-4.3
Mar 5, 2026vsGeorgia Tech (neutral)W87.3
Mar 6, 2026vsNorth Carolina (neutral)L-17-8.8
Mar 20, 2026vsOregon (neutral)L-10-4.9
Nov 2, 2026vsNorth Carolina CentralW46NaN
Nov 4, 2026vsDelawareW48NaN

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 2.7 in 2024-25, plus 2.7 in 2025-26, plus 0.0 in 2026-27 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 97% in 2024-25, 97% in 2025-26, NaN% in 2026-27 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.