I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Duke Blue Devils
86 – 51
FINAL Neutral Conference New York Life ACC
Boston College Eagles
Atlantic Coast Conference · First Horizon Coliseum (Neutral) · March 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -12.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money DUKE -900 / BC +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUKE win
Actual DUKE +35 137 Won
Massey DUKE -8.9 (+26.1) — —
Massey Totals — 157.7 (-20.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 85% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DUKE -7.7 (+27.3) 154.0 (-17.0) 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DUKE -7.1 (+27.9) 150.1 (-13.1) 76% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -8.2 (+26.8) 153.3 (-16.3) 79% ✓
Baseline ML DUKE -7.6 (+27.4) 154.3 (-17.3) 77% ✓

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 4, 2026 DUKE 67 – 49 BC
Jan 19, 2025 DUKE 88 – 63 BC
Feb 10, 2024 DUKE 80 – 65 BC
Jan 7, 2023 DUKE 65 – 64 BC
Dec 3, 2022 DUKE 75 – 59 BC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUKE BC
Overall 13-11 4-16
Conference 9-9 2-11
Home 8-5 3-5
Away 3-6 0-7
Neutral 2-1 1-4
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 73.0 71.3
Avg Pts Against 68.5 79.5
Massey 9.3 (#58) 0.5 (#156)
Bradley-Terry 1.24 (#77) -0.46 (#211)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.93 (#66) -0.15 (#182)
RPI 0.530 (#112) 0.433 (#287)
Shooting & Four Factors DUKE BC
FG% 46.6% 42.3%
3PT% 34.4% 33.7%
REB / G 35.2 33.5
OREB / G 11.2 9.3
AST / TO 1.25 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 50.1%
TOV% 18.4% 18.5%
ORB% 31.8% 24.9%
FT Rate 16.2% 20.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 55.0%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 18.4%
DRB% 71.4% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 21.2%

Game Analysis

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