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Duquesne Dukes
62 – 71
FINAL Conference
VCU Rams
Atlantic 10 Conference · UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse · March 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -9.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money DUQ +340 / VCU -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUQ win
Actual VCU +9 133 Lost
Massey VCU -9.8 (+0.8) — —
Massey Totals — 132.7 (+0.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 17% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 12% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VCU -8.2 (-0.8) 134.8 (-1.8) 16% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VCU -6.8 (-2.2) 134.3 (-1.3) 21% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VCU -8.1 (-0.9) 133.0 (-0.0) 18% ✓
Baseline ML VCU -7.4 (-1.6) 134.4 (-1.4) 16% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 13, 2026 VCU 71 – 66 DUQ
Jan 3, 2026 VCU 93 – 80 DUQ
Mar 17, 2024 DUQ 57 – 51 VCU
Mar 6, 2024 DUQ 69 – 59 VCU
Jan 5, 2023 DUQ 79 – 70 VCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUQ VCU
Overall 13-19 28-7
Conference 8-10 15-3
Home 9-7 15-1
Away 2-8 7-3
Neutral 2-4 6-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 68.4 76.2
Avg Pts Against 68.1 63.0
Massey 1.2 (#142) 14.3 (#34)
Bradley-Terry -0.21 (#188) 1.97 (#49)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.10 (#162) 2.71 (#42)
RPI 0.495 (#193) 0.591 (#36)
Shooting & Four Factors DUQ VCU
FG% 42.3% 45.0%
3PT% 34.3% 34.6%
REB / G 34.0 37.9
OREB / G 11.7 13.0
AST / TO 1.15 1.38
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.8% 53.2%
TOV% 18.0% 16.8%
ORB% 33.0% 36.3%
FT Rate 19.7% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 44.8%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 21.0%
DRB% 69.3% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 29.6% 26.3%

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