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Bradley Braves
73 – 61
FINAL Conference
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Carver Arena · February 26, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread BRAD -3.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money BRAD -175 / DRKE +138
Model Predictions
Spread Total BRAD win
Actual BRAD +12 134 Won
Massey BRAD -4.2 (+7.8) — —
Massey Totals — 132.7 (+1.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 60% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 58% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BRAD -3.8 (+8.2) 135.4 (-1.4) 63% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BRAD -3.5 (+8.5) 133.8 (+0.2) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BRAD -3.3 (+8.7) 135.3 (-1.3) 64% ✓
Baseline ML BRAD -3.8 (+8.2) 136.5 (-2.5) 61% ✓

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 31, 2026 BRAD 87 – 73 DRKE
Jan 8, 2026 BRAD 93 – 66 DRKE
Mar 9, 2025 DRKE 63 – 48 BRAD
Feb 16, 2025 BRAD 61 – 59 DRKE
Jan 9, 2025 DRKE 64 – 57 BRAD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BRAD DRKE
Overall 25-10 27-8
Conference 16-4 15-5
Home 15-1 14-1
Away 8-6 6-6
Neutral 2-3 7-1
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.0 73.3
Avg Pts Against 62.8 64.4
Massey 8.2 (#72) 7.6 (#80)
Bradley-Terry 1.27 (#71) 1.48 (#65)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.37 (#81) 1.76 (#64)
RPI 0.583 (#41) 0.574 (#54)
Shooting & Four Factors BRAD DRKE
FG% 46.1% 46.2%
3PT% 36.3% 36.6%
REB / G 35.4 35.7
OREB / G 9.7 8.0
AST / TO 1.11 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 52.9%
TOV% 18.2% 15.6%
ORB% 29.4% 24.2%
FT Rate 17.6% 22.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.1% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 19.9% 17.7%
DRB% 76.0% 78.1%
Opp FT Rate 23.5% 19.0%

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