And of all my friends, you've been the best to me. / Soon will be the day when I repay you handsomely. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
Bucknell Bison
60 – 50
FINAL Conference
Lafayette Leopards
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · March 3, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -3.5 Home covered
O/U 127.5 Under
Money BUCK -170 / LAF +143
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual BUCK +10 110 Won
Massey BUCK -5.0 (+5.0) — —
Massey Totals — 127.2 (-17.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 74% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -3.2 (+6.8) 129.0 (-19.0) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BUCK -2.8 (+7.2) 131.8 (-21.8) 63% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -3.6 (+6.4) 130.8 (-20.8) 63% ✓
Baseline ML BUCK -3.9 (+6.1) 129.8 (-19.8) 64% ✓

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 29, 2026 LAF 81 – 79 BUCK
Jan 15, 2026 BUCK 76 – 69 LAF
Feb 15, 2025 BUCK 75 – 69 LAF
Jan 9, 2025 BUCK 65 – 62 LAF
Jan 20, 2024 LAF 75 – 72 BUCK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUCK LAF
Overall 14-19 11-21
Conference 10-8 10-8
Home 6-8 5-10
Away 8-11 6-9
Neutral 0-0 0-2
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 65.2 62.6
Avg Pts Against 67.2 67.8
Massey -6.5 (#281) -8.3 (#304)
Bradley-Terry -1.56 (#311) -1.81 (#322)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.82 (#307) -2.17 (#322)
RPI 0.460 (#264) 0.446 (#288)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK LAF
FG% 43.0% 40.9%
3PT% 34.5% 31.7%
REB / G 32.0 33.2
OREB / G 8.0 8.4
AST / TO 0.96 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 47.2%
TOV% 19.4% 17.5%
ORB% 25.0% 23.9%
FT Rate 20.4% 16.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 17.1%
DRB% 71.5% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 23.7%

Game Analysis

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