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Drake Bulldogs
84 69
FINAL Conference
Belmont Bruins
Missouri Valley Conference · Knapp Center · February 22, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -10.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Money DRKE -600 / BEL +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual DRKE +15 153 Won
Massey DRKE -12.4 (+2.6)
Massey Totals 157.9 (-4.9)
Bradley-Terry 88%
Weighted B-T 91%
Efficiency Plus ML DRKE -11.0 (+4.0) 154.8 (-1.8) 86%
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -11.7 (+3.3) 156.1 (-3.1) 87%
Baseline ML DRKE -11.3 (+3.7) 158.0 (-5.0) 86%
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -12.2 (+2.8) 158.0 (-5.0) 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

Mar 6, 2026 DRKE 10079 BEL
Feb 4, 2026 BEL 10390 DRKE
Jan 10, 2026 BEL 7876 DRKE
Mar 8, 2025 DRKE 5750 BEL
Dec 29, 2024 DRKE 6546 BEL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DRKE BEL
Overall 28-7 20-13
Conference 16-4 12-8
Home 16-0 12-2
Away 6-5 6-9
Neutral 6-2 2-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.7 77.4
Avg Pts Against 70.5 76.1
Massey 10.8 (#47) 1.7 (#142)
Bradley-Terry 2.09 (#34) 0.71 (#120)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.49 (#35) 0.89 (#119)
RPI 0.615 (#15) 0.550 (#90)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE BEL
FG% 48.4% 47.3%
3PT% 36.0% 37.4%
REB / G 34.7 33.1
OREB / G 8.0 6.9
AST / TO 1.60 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.7% 54.9%
TOV% 14.2% 17.3%
ORB% 24.8% 21.2%
FT Rate 23.5% 23.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 16.9%
DRB% 77.7% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 19.4%

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