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Bucknell Bison
46 – 63
FINAL Conference
Navy Midshipmen
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · January 26, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread NAVY -3.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money BUCK +150 / NAVY -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual NAVY +17 109 Lost
Massey NAVY -0.2 (-16.8) — —
Massey Totals — 140.3 (-31.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 36% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NAVY -0.5 (-16.5) 136.0 (-27.0) 48% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NAVY -1.7 (-15.3) 132.9 (-23.9) 40% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NAVY -0.4 (-16.6) 138.8 (-29.8) 48% ✓
Baseline ML NAVY -0.5 (-16.5) 137.8 (-28.8) 50% ✗

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 12-20 18-13
Conference 5-13 11-7
Home 7-7 9-6
Away 3-13 9-7
Neutral 2-0 0-0
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 66.1 68.6
Avg Pts Against 69.0 65.3
Massey -6.2 (#281) -2.4 (#221)
Bradley-Terry -1.84 (#330) -0.64 (#240)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.19 (#324) -0.91 (#242)
RPI 0.403 (#336) 0.471 (#235)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK NAVY
FG% 45.3% 45.5%
3PT% 32.7% 39.4%
REB / G 34.7 33.5
OREB / G 8.2 9.9
AST / TO 0.98 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.2% 53.2%
TOV% 20.7% 18.4%
ORB% 26.3% 29.9%
FT Rate 20.7% 15.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 18.4%
DRB% 74.7% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 18.0% 19.8%

Game Analysis

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