I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
(1) Duke Blue Devils
89 66
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(9) Baylor Bears
Lenovo Center (Neutral) · March 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -12.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money DUKE -1600 / BAY +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUKE win
Actual DUKE +23 155 Won
Massey DUKE -10.9 (+12.1)
Massey Totals 142.4 (+12.6)
Bradley-Terry 87%
Weighted B-T 91%
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -11.6 (+11.4) 138.8 (+16.2) 87%
Model 4 ML DUKE -11.4 (+11.6) 140.8 (+14.2) 85%
Model 3 ML DUKE -11.6 (+11.4) 140.6 (+14.4) 86%
Baseline ML DUKE -10.5 (+12.5) 140.1 (+14.9) 87%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 21, 2023 DUKE 7870 BAY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUKE BAY
Overall 35-4 20-15
Conference 19-1 10-10
Home 17-0 13-3
Away 10-1 3-9
Neutral 8-3 4-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.2 75.2
Avg Pts Against 62.8 70.3
Massey 27.4 (#1) 16.5 (#23)
Bradley-Terry 4.18 (#4) 2.31 (#41)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.26 (#5) 2.96 (#38)
RPI 0.651 (#3) 0.573 (#52)
Shooting & Four Factors DUKE BAY
FG% 48.8% 44.5%
3PT% 37.7% 34.4%
REB / G 38.8 35.1
OREB / G 11.1 12.5
AST / TO 1.80 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.5% 51.4%
TOV% 14.1% 16.0%
ORB% 34.6% 35.8%
FT Rate 24.8% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.2% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 18.9%
DRB% 73.8% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 23.3%

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