If I had my time again / I would do it all the same. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
Drake Bulldogs
68 – 60 OT
FINAL Conference
Missouri State Bears
Missouri Valley Conference · Knapp Center · March 2, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -14.5 Away covered
O/U 121.5 Over
Money DRKE -1400 / MOST +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual DRKE +8 128 Won
Massey DRKE -14.9 (-6.9) — —
Massey Totals — 121.3 (+6.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -12.6 (-4.6) 125.5 (+2.5) 88% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -13.3 (-5.3) 120.1 (+7.9) 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -12.5 (-4.5) 126.8 (+1.2) 86% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -12.9 (-4.9) 127.3 (+0.7) 87% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 25, 2025 DRKE 69 – 62 MOST
Jan 25, 2024 MOST 83 – 80 DRKE
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 DRKE MOST
Overall 31-4 9-23
Conference 17-3 2-18
Home 14-2 7-8
Away 9-1 1-12
Neutral 8-1 1-3
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 68.5 67.5
Avg Pts Against 60.2 71.9
Massey 7.9 (#75) -3.7 (#224)
Bradley-Terry 2.56 (#26) -1.16 (#275)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.98 (#35) -1.04 (#247)
RPI 0.592 (#34) 0.434 (#309)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE MOST
FG% 48.0% 44.7%
3PT% 35.9% 35.8%
REB / G 30.2 32.7
OREB / G 10.1 10.6
AST / TO 1.10 0.87
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.5% 51.4%
TOV% 19.0% 20.8%
ORB% 36.0% 32.2%
FT Rate 30.4% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.2% 54.6%
Opp TOV% 22.1% 19.2%
DRB% 74.5% 71.9%
Opp FT Rate 27.1% 27.7%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.