Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
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 ML DRKE -8.2 (+11.2) 142.7 (+20.3) 24%
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%

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 6860 MOST
Jan 25, 2025 DRKE 6962 MOST
Dec 2, 2023 DRKE 7457 MOST
Jan 19, 2023 MOST 6562 DRKE
Jan 1, 2023 MOST 5249 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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