And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
North Carolina Central Eagles
58 71
FINAL Neutral Conference MEAC
Delaware State Hornets
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Norfolk Scope Arena (Neutral) · March 16, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NCCU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money NCCU -250 / DSU +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total NCCU win
Actual DSU +13 129 Lost
Massey NCCU -3.8 (-16.8)
Massey Totals 141.1 (-12.1)
Bradley-Terry 63%
Weighted B-T 60%
Efficiency Plus ML NCCU -3.8 (-16.8) 142.6 (-13.6) 67%
Baseline Tuned ML NCCU -3.3 (-16.3) 142.1 (-13.1) 64%
Baseline ML NCCU -2.9 (-15.9) 143.2 (-14.2) 66%
Baseline Plus ML NCCU -3.6 (-16.6) 143.1 (-14.1) 64%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 14, 2026 NCCU 5953 DSU
Feb 28, 2026 NCCU 7460 DSU
Feb 10, 2026 NCCU 7263 DSU
Mar 14, 2025 NCCU 7977 DSU
Feb 25, 2025 DSU 8684 NCCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NCCU DSU
Overall 18-13 15-19
Conference 9-5 6-8
Home 11-2 7-5
Away 6-9 4-11
Neutral 1-2 4-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 71.9 68.4
Avg Pts Against 70.9 71.4
Massey -4.4 (#250) -8.2 (#303)
Bradley-Terry -0.84 (#266) -1.38 (#302)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.02 (#263) -1.43 (#292)
RPI 0.466 (#253) 0.437 (#298)
Shooting & Four Factors NCCU DSU
FG% 43.9% 42.1%
3PT% 33.4% 31.2%
REB / G 33.7 33.2
OREB / G 10.5 10.9
AST / TO 0.95 0.76
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 46.1%
TOV% 17.3% 21.1%
ORB% 30.6% 32.8%
FT Rate 28.9% 28.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 21.7%
DRB% 66.9% 69.5%
Opp FT Rate 26.7% 25.7%

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