I just keep on rolling along with the grace of the Lord above. "Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin
Drake Bulldogs
70 – 56
FINAL Conference
Belmont Bruins
Missouri Valley Conference · Knapp Center · February 19, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -6.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money DRKE -300 / BEL +225
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual DRKE +14 126 Won
Massey DRKE -7.4 (+6.6) — —
Massey Totals — 148.3 (-22.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -7.2 (+6.8) 151.3 (-25.3) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -6.4 (+7.6) 151.2 (-25.2) 75% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -7.5 (+6.5) 151.1 (-25.1) 76% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -6.8 (+7.2) 152.5 (-26.5) 76% ✓

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 DRKE BEL
Overall 27-8 21-11
Conference 15-5 14-6
Home 14-1 12-2
Away 6-6 7-7
Neutral 7-1 2-2
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.3 76.3
Avg Pts Against 64.4 72.5
Massey 6.8 (#80) 3.0 (#124)
Bradley-Terry 1.44 (#62) 0.66 (#115)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.71 (#66) 0.55 (#130)
RPI 0.577 (#51) 0.558 (#76)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE BEL
FG% 46.2% 47.2%
3PT% 36.9% 40.0%
REB / G 35.4 32.8
OREB / G 8.1 8.5
AST / TO 1.21 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 55.6%
TOV% 15.9% 17.6%
ORB% 24.6% 26.2%
FT Rate 22.4% 18.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 17.7% 18.3%
DRB% 77.6% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 18.8%

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