The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
(4) Duke Blue Devils
64 – 47
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(13) Vermont Catamounts
Barclays Center (Neutral) · March 22, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -12.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money DUKE -1000 / UVM +550
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUKE win
Actual DUKE +17 111 Won
Massey DUKE -12.8 (+4.2) — —
Massey Totals — 132.8 (-21.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 79% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DUKE -8.7 (+8.3) 131.8 (-20.8) 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DUKE -10.4 (+6.6) 131.0 (-20.0) 82% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -10.2 (+6.8) 133.3 (-22.3) 82% ✓
Baseline ML DUKE -8.9 (+8.1) 133.4 (-22.4) 82% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUKE UVM
Overall 27-9 28-7
Conference 15-5 15-1
Home 15-3 16-1
Away 7-4 10-4
Neutral 5-2 2-2
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.6 69.9
Avg Pts Against 66.3 63.8
Massey 17.4 (#10) 4.6 (#106)
Bradley-Terry 2.36 (#19) 1.52 (#68)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.09 (#12) 1.76 (#73)
RPI 0.588 (#33) 0.593 (#24)
Shooting & Four Factors DUKE UVM
FG% 48.2% 44.4%
3PT% 37.7% 33.5%
REB / G 36.5 34.5
OREB / G 10.5 7.6
AST / TO 1.59 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.2% 51.8%
TOV% 14.3% 13.8%
ORB% 31.9% 22.6%
FT Rate 24.4% 21.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 46.7%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 15.1%
DRB% 74.2% 76.6%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 18.8%

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