That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
NC State Wolfpack
64 93
FINAL Conference
Duke Blue Devils
Atlantic Coast Conference · Lenovo Center · March 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -8.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money NCSU +410 / DUKE -550
Model Predictions
Spread Total NCSU win
Actual DUKE +29 157 Lost
Massey DUKE -9.8 (-19.2)
Massey Totals 153.2 (+3.8)
Bradley-Terry 10%
Weighted B-T 4%
Efficiency Plus ML DUKE -8.3 (-20.7) 146.4 (+10.6) 21%
Baseline Tuned ML DUKE -8.4 (-20.6) 148.1 (+8.9) 20%
Baseline ML DUKE -10.5 (-18.5) 149.6 (+7.4) 18%
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -10.0 (-19.0) 148.2 (+8.8) 17%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 28, 2025 DUKE 7464 NCSU
Mar 31, 2024 NCSU 7664 DUKE
Mar 14, 2024 NCSU 7469 DUKE
Mar 5, 2024 DUKE 7964 NCSU
Mar 1, 2023 DUKE 7167 NCSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NCSU DUKE
Overall 20-14 35-3
Conference 10-8 17-1
Home 11-6 15-0
Away 6-4 10-1
Neutral 3-4 10-2
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 83.2 81.6
Avg Pts Against 76.3 63.6
Massey 16.1 (#27) 28.9 (#2)
Bradley-Terry 2.25 (#41) 4.98 (#2)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.96 (#40) 6.64 (#1)
RPI 0.587 (#41) 0.682 (#2)
Shooting & Four Factors NCSU DUKE
FG% 47.1% 49.8%
3PT% 38.6% 35.4%
REB / G 35.1 39.9
OREB / G 9.8 11.8
AST / TO 1.72 1.61
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.6% 57.6%
TOV% 13.2% 15.8%
ORB% 28.2% 36.7%
FT Rate 26.0% 27.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.9% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 18.6%
DRB% 70.3% 75.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.7% 16.3%

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