Funky Claude was running in and out / pulling kids out the ground "Smoke On the Water" - Deep Purple
Missouri State Bears
83 – 80 2OT
FINAL Conference
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Great Southern Bank Arena · January 25, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -6.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money MOST +210 / DRKE -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual MOST +3 163 Won
Massey DRKE -7.1 (+10.1) — —
Massey Totals — 142.3 (+20.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 16% ✗
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -7.2 (+10.2) 142.3 (+20.7) 26% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -7.3 (+10.3) 139.8 (+23.2) 31% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -7.8 (+10.8) 141.9 (+21.1) 24% ✗
Baseline ML DRKE -8.2 (+11.2) 142.7 (+20.3) 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

Mar 2, 2025 DRKE 68 – 60 MOST
Jan 25, 2025 DRKE 69 – 62 MOST
Dec 2, 2023 DRKE 74 – 57 MOST
Jan 19, 2023 MOST 65 – 62 DRKE
Jan 1, 2023 MOST 52 – 49 DRKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST DRKE
Overall 17-16 28-7
Conference 8-12 16-4
Home 9-5 16-0
Away 4-10 6-5
Neutral 4-1 6-2
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.2 79.7
Avg Pts Against 71.3 70.5
Massey 0.1 (#161) 11.0 (#45)
Bradley-Terry 0.02 (#176) 2.05 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.11 (#165) 2.49 (#39)
RPI 0.497 (#176) 0.609 (#25)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST DRKE
FG% 43.3% 49.1%
3PT% 31.3% 34.2%
REB / G 38.2 33.8
OREB / G 9.4 8.1
AST / TO 0.99 1.73
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 56.0%
TOV% 18.1% 13.9%
ORB% 27.6% 25.5%
FT Rate 24.2% 22.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.4% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 13.6% 19.8%
DRB% 74.5% 78.2%
Opp FT Rate 18.6% 22.1%

Game Analysis

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