But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
Duke Blue Devils
68 83
FINAL ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Illinois Fighting Illini
Cameron Indoor Stadium · December 9, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -3.0 Away covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money DUKE -160 / ILL +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUKE win
Actual ILL +15 151 Lost
Massey ILL -10.7 (-4.3)
Massey Totals 150.8 (+0.2)
Bradley-Terry 58%
Weighted B-T 60%
Baseline ML ILL -6.9 (-8.1) 149.1 (+1.9) 29%
Baseline Plus ML ILL -5.9 (-9.1) 150.7 (+0.3) 28%
Efficiency Plus ML ILL -6.0 (-9.0) 150.0 (+1.0) 29%
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -5.2 (-9.8) 147.8 (+3.2) 31%

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

Last 5 Meetings

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Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUKE ILL
Overall 13-11 24-7
Conference 9-9 16-4
Home 8-5 11-2
Away 3-6 9-3
Neutral 2-1 4-2
Last 5 2-1 3-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.0 80.5
Avg Pts Against 68.5 68.6
Massey 1.5 (#116) 19.3 (#2)
Bradley-Terry -0.12 (#159) 0.94 (#85)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.07 (#155) 1.24 (#91)
RPI 0.535 (#110) 0.561 (#85)
Shooting & Four Factors DUKE ILL
FG% 45.6% 53.2%
3PT% 35.5% 45.1%
REB / G 42.7 49.2
OREB / G 11.7 14.8
AST / TO 0.94 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 60.5%
TOV% 23.4% 20.6%
ORB% 32.7% 47.2%
FT Rate 18.1% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.1% 44.4%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 14.2%
DRB% 74.4% 84.7%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 13.7%

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