He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
(1) Duke Blue Devils
93 49
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(16) Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
Lenovo Center (Neutral) · March 21, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -32.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money DUKE -50000 / MSM +3000
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUKE win
Actual DUKE +44 142 Won
Massey DUKE -31.7 (+12.3)
Massey Totals 139.1 (+2.9)
Bradley-Terry 98%
Weighted B-T 100%
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -32.0 (+12.0) 137.6 (+4.4) 90%
Model 4 ML DUKE -24.1 (+19.9) 139.5 (+2.5) 90%
Model 3 ML DUKE -22.6 (+21.4) 139.3 (+2.7) 90%
Baseline ML DUKE -29.7 (+14.3) 139.5 (+2.5) 91%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUKE MSM
Overall 35-4 23-13
Conference 19-1 12-8
Home 17-0 10-4
Away 10-1 9-8
Neutral 8-3 4-1
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.2 69.3
Avg Pts Against 62.8 70.7
Massey 27.0 (#1) -4.7 (#245)
Bradley-Terry 4.16 (#4) 0.01 (#168)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.24 (#4) -0.37 (#191)
RPI 0.650 (#3) 0.528 (#113)
Shooting & Four Factors DUKE MSM
FG% 48.8% 44.3%
3PT% 37.7% 35.1%
REB / G 38.6 37.1
OREB / G 11.2 10.1
AST / TO 1.75 1.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.4% 51.5%
TOV% 14.4% 21.6%
ORB% 35.2% 31.0%
FT Rate 25.2% 22.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.5% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 17.7% 16.0%
DRB% 73.5% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 18.2% 19.4%

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