And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Belmont Bruins
61 – 79
FINAL Conference
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · January 29, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -2.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money BEL -154 / DRKE +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual DRKE +18 140 Lost
Massey BEL -1.2 (-19.2) — —
Massey Totals — 143.1 (-3.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 56% ✗
Baseline Plus ML BEL -0.5 (-18.5) 144.4 (-4.4) 54% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BEL -1.7 (-19.7) 142.3 (-2.3) 56% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -1.0 (-19.0) 144.0 (-4.0) 57% ✗
Baseline ML BEL -1.2 (-19.2) 144.6 (-4.6) 53% ✗

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 100 – 79 BEL
Feb 4, 2026 BEL 103 – 90 DRKE
Jan 10, 2026 BEL 78 – 76 DRKE
Mar 8, 2025 DRKE 57 – 50 BEL
Dec 29, 2024 DRKE 65 – 46 BEL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL DRKE
Overall 21-11 27-8
Conference 14-6 15-5
Home 12-2 14-1
Away 7-7 6-6
Neutral 2-2 7-1
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.3 73.3
Avg Pts Against 72.5 64.4
Massey 2.8 (#125) 5.1 (#97)
Bradley-Terry 0.93 (#91) 0.97 (#88)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.75 (#123) 1.23 (#88)
RPI 0.565 (#71) 0.552 (#85)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL DRKE
FG% 46.4% 45.0%
3PT% 40.4% 35.0%
REB / G 31.5 35.1
OREB / G 7.8 8.2
AST / TO 1.24 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.3% 51.5%
TOV% 18.1% 16.9%
ORB% 24.0% 24.9%
FT Rate 17.9% 22.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 47.7%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 18.8%
DRB% 68.3% 77.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.2% 19.6%

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