And with the way you look I understand you're not impressed. "Alison" - Elvis Costello
Drake Bulldogs
65 – 52
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Southern Illinois Salukis
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 4, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -5.0 Home covered
O/U 126.0 Under
Money DRKE -210 / SIU +175
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual DRKE +13 117 Won
Massey DRKE -4.9 (+8.1) — —
Massey Totals — 124.5 (-7.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 62% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 71% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -3.7 (+9.3) 129.6 (-12.6) 68% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -4.2 (+8.8) 128.8 (-11.8) 68% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -4.0 (+9.0) 129.1 (-12.1) 66% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -3.8 (+9.2) 129.9 (-12.9) 67% ✓

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 5, 2026 DRKE 67 – 63 SIU
Feb 19, 2026 SIU 66 – 61 DRKE
Jan 15, 2026 DRKE 76 – 73 SIU
Mar 7, 2025 DRKE 70 – 53 SIU
Feb 1, 2025 DRKE 75 – 65 SIU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DRKE SIU
Overall 27-8 23-10
Conference 15-5 14-6
Home 14-1 13-2
Away 6-6 8-6
Neutral 7-1 2-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.3 65.0
Avg Pts Against 64.4 61.7
Massey 7.4 (#80) 2.4 (#133)
Bradley-Terry 1.41 (#67) 0.93 (#92)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.66 (#69) 0.75 (#118)
RPI 0.570 (#59) 0.553 (#77)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE SIU
FG% 45.9% 44.7%
3PT% 36.1% 32.3%
REB / G 35.5 31.6
OREB / G 8.1 6.8
AST / TO 1.22 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.5% 52.3%
TOV% 15.6% 19.4%
ORB% 24.2% 22.6%
FT Rate 22.2% 22.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 47.7%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 19.5%
DRB% 77.9% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 19.4%

Game Analysis

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