I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be. "Not Fade Away"-The Rolling Stones
Holy Cross Crusaders
60 – 58
FINAL Conference
Bucknell Bison
Patriot League · Hart Center Arena · December 30, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -6.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money HC +210 / BUCK -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total HC win
Actual HC +2 118 Won
Massey BUCK -5.3 (+7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 141.4 (-23.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 19% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 13% ✗
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -5.7 (+7.7) 136.6 (-18.6) 34% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BUCK -5.1 (+7.1) 134.6 (-16.6) 34% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -5.4 (+7.4) 138.4 (-20.4) 29% ✗
Baseline ML BUCK -5.1 (+7.1) 138.4 (-20.4) 32% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 22, 2026 HC 72 – 63 BUCK
Dec 31, 2025 HC 65 – 58 BUCK
Mar 1, 2025 BUCK 94 – 81 HC
Jan 16, 2025 BUCK 86 – 82 HC
Feb 22, 2024 HC 73 – 59 BUCK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HC BUCK
Overall 10-22 12-20
Conference 7-11 5-13
Home 6-9 7-7
Away 4-11 3-13
Neutral 0-2 2-0
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 65.2 66.1
Avg Pts Against 73.1 69.0
Massey -13.1 (#352) -3.2 (#237)
Bradley-Terry -3.18 (#357) -0.85 (#255)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.91 (#353) -0.98 (#252)
RPI 0.354 (#357) 0.442 (#282)
Shooting & Four Factors HC BUCK
FG% 41.1% 47.3%
3PT% 31.9% 37.4%
REB / G 31.6 34.9
OREB / G 8.4 8.2
AST / TO 0.75 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.0% 54.0%
TOV% 19.7% 21.0%
ORB% 23.4% 27.6%
FT Rate 16.9% 20.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 15.4%
DRB% 70.5% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 18.3%

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