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Duke Blue Devils
76 – 47
FINAL Conference
Pittsburgh Panthers
Atlantic Coast Conference · Cameron Indoor Stadium · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -13.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money DUKE -1200 / PITT +700
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUKE win
Actual DUKE +29 123 Won
Massey DUKE -12.4 (+16.6) — —
Massey Totals — 142.4 (-19.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DUKE -13.3 (+15.7) 138.4 (-15.4) 83% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DUKE -12.1 (+16.9) 139.7 (-16.7) 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -12.0 (+17.0) 137.8 (-14.8) 77% ✓
Baseline ML DUKE -11.6 (+17.4) 138.6 (-15.6) 80% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 11, 2026 DUKE 70 – 54 PITT
Jan 21, 2024 PITT 80 – 76 DUKE
Jan 10, 2024 DUKE 75 – 53 PITT
Mar 9, 2023 DUKE 96 – 69 PITT
Jan 12, 2023 DUKE 77 – 69 PITT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUKE PITT
Overall 35-4 17-15
Conference 19-1 8-12
Home 17-0 13-4
Away 10-1 3-9
Neutral 8-3 1-2
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.2 75.9
Avg Pts Against 62.8 70.8
Massey 25.8 (#2) 17.5 (#17)
Bradley-Terry 3.83 (#8) 3.32 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.36 (#4) 4.15 (#19)
RPI 0.655 (#9) 0.648 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors DUKE PITT
FG% 47.4% 49.5%
3PT% 35.9% 35.9%
REB / G 39.8 36.6
OREB / G 11.6 10.1
AST / TO 1.67 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.0% 56.8%
TOV% 15.1% 14.7%
ORB% 34.6% 31.4%
FT Rate 21.9% 27.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.7% 47.0%
Opp TOV% 19.2% 17.7%
DRB% 72.3% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 22.1%

Game Analysis

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