You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Breslin Center · December 6, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -1.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money MSU -105 / DUKE -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSU win
Actual DUKE +6 126 Lost
Massey DUKE -2.3 (-3.7)
Massey Totals 141.1 (-15.1)
Bradley-Terry 79%
Weighted B-T 88%
Efficiency Plus ML MSU -2.1 (-8.1) 137.3 (-11.3) 54%
Baseline Tuned ML MSU -3.1 (-9.1) 134.7 (-8.7) 52%
Baseline ML MSU -2.6 (-8.6) 134.8 (-8.8) 48%
Baseline Plus ML MSU -2.8 (-8.8) 137.0 (-11.0) 54%

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 15, 2023 DUKE 7465 MSU
Mar 20, 2022 DUKE 8576 MSU
Dec 2, 2020 MSU 7569 DUKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSU DUKE
Overall 27-8 35-3
Conference 15-5 17-1
Home 15-2 15-0
Away 6-4 10-1
Neutral 6-2 10-2
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.8 81.6
Avg Pts Against 68.3 63.6
Massey 18.2 (#15) 25.5 (#2)
Bradley-Terry 4.20 (#5) 3.98 (#8)
W. Bradley-Terry 6.83 (#5) 6.08 (#8)
RPI 0.709 (#4) 0.646 (#17)
Shooting & Four Factors MSU DUKE
FG% 47.4% 51.2%
3PT% 33.3% 36.0%
REB / G 41.6 42.0
OREB / G 14.4 12.1
AST / TO 1.67 1.86
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 59.6%
TOV% 17.4% 14.9%
ORB% 42.4% 37.7%
FT Rate 26.0% 29.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.4% 40.3%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 19.9%
DRB% 76.0% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 22.6% 16.0%

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