They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Pittsburgh Panthers
79 – 73
FINAL Conference
Duke Blue Devils
Atlantic Coast Conference · Petersen Events Center · January 20, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -4.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money PITT +200 / DUKE -188
Model Predictions
Spread Total PITT win
Actual PITT +6 152 Won
Massey PITT -6.5 (-0.5) — —
Massey Totals — 141.6 (+10.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PITT -6.3 (-0.3) 141.4 (+10.6) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PITT -3.8 (+2.2) 140.0 (+12.0) 72% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PITT -5.3 (+0.7) 141.6 (+10.4) 73% ✓
Baseline ML PITT -5.7 (+0.3) 141.8 (+10.2) 74% ✓

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 8, 2025 DUKE 76 – 47 PITT
Jan 21, 2024 PITT 80 – 76 DUKE
Jan 10, 2024 DUKE 75 – 53 PITT
Mar 9, 2023 DUKE 96 – 69 PITT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PITT DUKE
Overall 10-12 13-11
Conference 6-10 9-9
Home 7-6 8-5
Away 3-5 3-6
Neutral 0-1 2-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 71.2 73.0
Avg Pts Against 70.1 68.5
Massey 9.2 (#58) 5.4 (#97)
Bradley-Terry 2.02 (#49) 0.95 (#108)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.09 (#71) 1.75 (#85)
RPI 0.550 (#87) 0.500 (#162)
Shooting & Four Factors PITT DUKE
FG% 43.0% 45.5%
3PT% 30.8% 34.0%
REB / G 43.2 37.2
OREB / G 14.4 12.4
AST / TO 1.13 1.06
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 52.0%
TOV% 19.2% 19.6%
ORB% 36.9% 33.9%
FT Rate 23.4% 16.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.3% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 20.7%
DRB% 73.6% 75.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.3% 23.0%

Game Analysis

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