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Duquesne Dukes
77 – 81
FINAL Conference
Saint Louis Billikens
Atlantic 10 Conference · UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse · January 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SLU -8.5 Home covered
O/U 165.5 Under
Money DUQ +350 / SLU -455
Model Predictions
Spread Total DUQ win
Actual SLU +4 158 Lost
Massey SLU -13.0 (+9.0) — —
Massey Totals — 172.8 (-14.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 7% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 2% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SLU -13.5 (+9.5) 158.8 (-0.8) 13% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SLU -10.6 (+6.6) 161.4 (-3.4) 18% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SLU -12.1 (+8.1) 160.7 (-2.7) 15% ✓
Baseline ML SLU -11.6 (+7.6) 162.9 (-4.9) 14% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 1, 2026 SLU 91 – 76 DUQ
Mar 9, 2025 SLU 90 – 88 DUQ
Mar 13, 2024 DUQ 83 – 73 SLU
Feb 21, 2024 DUQ 81 – 66 SLU
Feb 19, 2023 SLU 90 – 85 DUQ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DUQ SLU
Overall 18-15 29-6
Conference 9-9 15-3
Home 12-6 19-0
Away 5-7 7-3
Neutral 1-2 3-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.9 86.4
Avg Pts Against 75.9 71.6
Massey 1.6 (#141) 18.0 (#22)
Bradley-Terry -0.10 (#181) 3.06 (#21)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.06 (#171) 4.51 (#16)
RPI 0.500 (#181) 0.611 (#30)
Shooting & Four Factors DUQ SLU
FG% 47.7% 51.4%
3PT% 34.4% 38.8%
REB / G 35.9 42.3
OREB / G 10.2 11.1
AST / TO 1.19 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.6% 60.0%
TOV% 18.8% 16.6%
ORB% 29.7% 34.3%
FT Rate 27.4% 27.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.9% 42.2%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 15.7%
DRB% 70.5% 74.7%
Opp FT Rate 31.3% 27.4%

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