I've never done bad things. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
Duquesne Dukes
73 – 64
FINAL Conference
Fordham Rams
Atlantic 10 Conference · UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse · February 20, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DUQ -6.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money DUQ -290 / FOR +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUQ win
Actual DUQ +9 137 Won
Massey DUQ -7.1 (+1.9) — —
Massey Totals — 144.9 (-7.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 64% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DUQ -4.5 (+4.5) 141.7 (-4.7) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DUQ -7.6 (+1.4) 141.4 (-4.4) 77% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DUQ -4.6 (+4.4) 142.4 (-5.4) 71% ✓
Baseline ML DUQ -4.2 (+4.8) 141.8 (-4.8) 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

Jan 17, 2026 DUQ 74 – 63 FOR
Jan 26, 2025 FOR 65 – 63 DUQ
Feb 24, 2024 FOR 79 – 67 DUQ
Jan 27, 2024 DUQ 68 – 59 FOR
Mar 4, 2023 FOR 87 – 60 DUQ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUQ FOR
Overall 13-19 12-21
Conference 8-10 3-15
Home 9-7 8-8
Away 2-8 2-10
Neutral 2-4 2-3
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 68.4 73.5
Avg Pts Against 68.1 78.5
Massey 0.5 (#149) -3.3 (#223)
Bradley-Terry -0.47 (#210) -0.48 (#212)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.13 (#182) -0.59 (#214)
RPI 0.481 (#217) 0.479 (#220)
Shooting & Four Factors DUQ FOR
FG% 41.9% 42.5%
3PT% 34.5% 32.5%
REB / G 34.2 36.1
OREB / G 12.1 11.6
AST / TO 1.12 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 49.3%
TOV% 17.8% 18.4%
ORB% 33.4% 31.1%
FT Rate 17.9% 24.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 19.9% 17.1%
DRB% 68.1% 70.2%
Opp FT Rate 29.0% 25.8%

Game Analysis

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