You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Bucknell Bison
71 – 63
FINAL Conference
Navy Midshipmen
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · January 25, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -2.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money BUCK -120 / NAVY +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual BUCK +8 134 Won
Massey BUCK -3.5 (+4.5) — —
Massey Totals — 132.1 (+1.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 72% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BUCK -1.4 (+6.6) 133.5 (+0.5) 49% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -1.8 (+6.2) 134.7 (-0.7) 59% ✓
Baseline ML BUCK -1.9 (+6.1) 134.6 (-0.6) 56% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -1.9 (+6.1) 135.0 (-1.0) 53% ✓

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 6, 2026 NAVY 74 – 69 BUCK
Feb 9, 2026 NAVY 76 – 60 BUCK
Jan 8, 2026 NAVY 76 – 55 BUCK
Mar 9, 2025 NAVY 83 – 77 BUCK
Feb 1, 2025 BUCK 85 – 75 NAVY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUCK NAVY
Overall 14-19 13-18
Conference 10-8 8-10
Home 6-8 10-5
Away 8-11 3-13
Neutral 0-0 0-0
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.2 65.6
Avg Pts Against 67.2 67.8
Massey -6.6 (#285) -6.4 (#283)
Bradley-Terry -1.33 (#295) -1.59 (#313)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.48 (#286) -2.12 (#317)
RPI 0.436 (#284) 0.406 (#324)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK NAVY
FG% 43.0% 39.5%
3PT% 34.2% 28.3%
REB / G 31.4 34.8
OREB / G 7.9 11.8
AST / TO 0.92 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 44.2%
TOV% 19.9% 16.0%
ORB% 25.2% 30.3%
FT Rate 22.3% 24.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.8% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 15.8% 22.6%
DRB% 72.1% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 27.1%

Game Analysis

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