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North Carolina Central Eagles
59 53
FINAL Neutral Conference MEAC
Delaware State Hornets
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Norfolk Scope Arena (Neutral) · March 14, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NCCU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 131.5 Under
Money NCCU -198 / DSU +164
Model Predictions
Spread Total NCCU win
Actual NCCU +6 112 Won
Massey NCCU -3.6 (+2.4)
Massey Totals 132.5 (-20.5)
Bradley-Terry 71%
Weighted B-T 74%
Efficiency Plus ML NCCU -2.9 (+3.1) 129.1 (-17.1) 66%
Baseline Tuned ML NCCU -3.8 (+2.2) 131.6 (-19.6) 64%
Baseline ML NCCU -2.4 (+3.6) 132.2 (-20.2) 69%
Baseline Plus ML NCCU -2.8 (+3.2) 132.6 (-20.6) 70%

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 28, 2026 NCCU 7460 DSU
Feb 10, 2026 NCCU 7263 DSU
Mar 14, 2025 NCCU 7977 DSU
Feb 25, 2025 DSU 8684 NCCU
Jan 14, 2025 NCCU 7572 DSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NCCU DSU
Overall 14-18 8-23
Conference 8-6 2-12
Home 8-5 5-7
Away 4-12 2-14
Neutral 2-1 1-1
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.6 59.7
Avg Pts Against 77.3 71.4
Massey -15.4 (#350) -19.0 (#361)
Bradley-Terry -2.24 (#342) -3.14 (#359)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.05 (#346) -4.11 (#360)
RPI 0.449 (#281) 0.386 (#358)
Shooting & Four Factors NCCU DSU
FG% 42.1% 38.6%
3PT% 33.4% 28.5%
REB / G 30.3 30.5
OREB / G 10.1 9.7
AST / TO 0.99 0.73
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.7% 42.7%
TOV% 18.3% 19.6%
ORB% 29.3% 27.4%
FT Rate 29.2% 24.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.1% 53.3%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 19.8%
DRB% 60.8% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.2% 29.3%

Game Analysis

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