He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · February 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DUKE -8.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Over
Money ILL +340 / DUKE -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual DUKE +43 177 Lost
Massey DUKE -6.4 (-36.6) — —
Massey Totals — 152.0 (+25.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 20% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 16% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DUKE -8.3 (-34.7) 150.4 (+26.6) 25% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DUKE -5.5 (-37.5) 153.6 (+23.4) 29% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DUKE -8.2 (-34.8) 152.4 (+24.6) 25% ✓
Baseline ML DUKE -8.1 (-34.9) 150.7 (+26.3) 24% ✓

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 9, 2020 ILL 83 – 68 DUKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILL DUKE
Overall 22-13 35-4
Conference 12-8 19-1
Home 13-4 17-0
Away 5-5 10-1
Neutral 4-4 8-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.6 83.2
Avg Pts Against 74.8 62.8
Massey 19.1 (#12) 25.5 (#2)
Bradley-Terry 2.41 (#33) 3.83 (#5)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.26 (#29) 4.90 (#4)
RPI 0.577 (#50) 0.650 (#6)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL DUKE
FG% 44.8% 48.6%
3PT% 31.2% 37.9%
REB / G 43.8 38.5
OREB / G 13.3 10.9
AST / TO 1.22 1.73
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.2% 57.3%
TOV% 16.3% 14.7%
ORB% 36.4% 34.5%
FT Rate 26.5% 24.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 44.4%
Opp TOV% 13.0% 17.7%
DRB% 74.3% 74.3%
Opp FT Rate 19.3% 18.0%

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