The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Duke Blue Devils
78 66
FINAL Neutral Champions Classic
Kansas Jayhawks
Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · November 19, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -10.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money DUKE -800 / KU +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUKE win
Actual DUKE +12 144 Won
Massey DUKE -12.3 (-0.3)
Massey Totals 150.8 (-6.8)
Bradley-Terry 85%
Weighted B-T 95%
Efficiency Plus ML DUKE -10.7 (+1.3) 144.8 (-0.8) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML DUKE -8.5 (+3.5) 143.3 (+0.7) 82%
Baseline ML DUKE -9.0 (+3.0) 143.1 (+0.9) 78%
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -8.9 (+3.1) 146.1 (-2.1) 75%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 27, 2024 KU 7572 DUKE
Nov 16, 2022 KU 6964 DUKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUKE KU
Overall 35-3 24-11
Conference 17-1 12-6
Home 15-0 13-2
Away 10-1 5-6
Neutral 10-2 6-3
Last 5 4-0 3-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.6 75.1
Avg Pts Against 63.6 69.1
Massey 25.1 (#1) 12.8 (#24)
Bradley-Terry 2.41 (#24) 0.65 (#140)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.89 (#23) 1.05 (#130)
RPI 0.644 (#47) 0.520 (#160)
Shooting & Four Factors DUKE KU
FG% 50.4% 50.7%
3PT% 37.5% 36.5%
REB / G 46.0 39.5
OREB / G 13.2 8.0
AST / TO 1.98 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.3% 58.7%
TOV% 14.3% 17.6%
ORB% 38.7% 27.4%
FT Rate 33.7% 29.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 38.1% 42.1%
Opp TOV% 21.8% 15.9%
DRB% 71.2% 77.3%
Opp FT Rate 14.2% 16.7%

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