Virginia vs. Ohio State Odds & Betting Predictions - February 15, 2026

I unabashedly love Ryan Odom. Dude is a winner, from LeNoir-Rhyne to UMBC to Utah State and VCU. He arrives, he wins and his teams are ultra competitive on both ends of the floor. They are so discplined in the half court, they don’t take bad shots, four starters are averaging double digits, they are super aggressive on the glass. De Ridder has it all offensively, and he has the shooters around him when defensively collaspe on him. But this defense is just fantastic. Top ten in eFG%, they rarely send teams to the line, and the rebounding is finally up to Odom’s standard. Ohio State has beat exactly one team that I really respect this season and that’s UCLA. They did it at home and they shot 53% from the field and went 21-of-25 from the line. When Mobley and Royal are bombing in threes they can beat people, but you’re asking them to that on a neutral floor against an elite three point defense in the Wahoos.