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2026-01-08

Model Predictions

Model Duke Blue Devils California Golden Bears Spread Result
Elo 74.2% 25.8% -
Bradley-Terry 77.6% 22.4% -
Margin 91.3% 8.7% -13.0 (9.0 off)
Pythagorean 52.4% 47.6% -
Efficiency 82.6% 17.4% -
Adjusted Efficiency 93.0% 7.0% -
Log Adjusted 93.4% 6.6% -
Points Off/Def 74.2% 25.8% -

Actual: California Golden Bears -4 (74-78). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Duke Blue Devils

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
A. Jackson 39 6-14 3-8 2-2 1 7 2 1 2 17 12 -11.0
T. Mair 35 3-8 0-1 2-2 10 4 4 0 2 8 16 -8.0
R. Nelson 35 0-7 0-2 0-0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 -4.1
T. Fournier 27 3-11 0-1 6-8 9 0 1 1 2 12 10 +5.4
D. Thomas 26 8-14 0-0 4-4 0 2 1 0 0 20 9 -8.4
A. Roberson 26 8-11 1-3 3-3 8 1 3 0 2 20 19 -19.7
J. Wood 11 0-2 0-1 1-2 0 0 1 0 1 1 -1 -11.7
A. Wikstrom 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1

California Golden Bears

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
M. Sheppard 40 4-8 0-0 1-1 4 6 2 0 4 9 9 +15.9
T. Barnes 38 3-8 0-3 3-3 9 3 1 0 4 9 10 +16.1
L. Twidale 38 3-9 2-6 1-1 2 1 1 0 3 9 1 +19.6
G. Maul 37 4-9 0-3 5-5 10 2 1 0 2 13 15 +10.6
S. Walker 22 9-14 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 3 18 3 +16.1
N. Ojukwu 18 3-10 0-0 8-11 10 0 1 1 1 14 15 +2.0
L. Donez 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 +5.8
G. McCallop 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -1.9

* = starter