The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Bucknell Bison
66 60
FINAL Conference
Colgate Raiders
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · January 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -2.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money BUCK -145 / COLG +125
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual BUCK +6 126 Won
Massey BUCK -6.7 (-0.7)
Massey Totals 137.6 (-11.6)
Bradley-Terry 79%
Weighted B-T 83%
Efficiency Plus ML BUCK -3.7 (+2.3) 139.2 (-13.2) 65%
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -4.5 (+1.5) 135.5 (-9.5) 65%
Baseline ML BUCK -4.2 (+1.8) 134.9 (-8.9) 61%
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -3.4 (+2.6) 135.5 (-9.5) 63%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 7, 2026 COLG 7859 BUCK
Jan 17, 2026 COLG 9576 BUCK
Jan 21, 2025 COLG 8780 BUCK
Mar 10, 2024 COLG 6865 BUCK
Feb 17, 2024 COLG 6250 BUCK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUCK COLG
Overall 18-15 14-19
Conference 13-5 10-8
Home 12-4 10-4
Away 6-10 4-13
Neutral 0-1 0-2
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 71.4
Avg Pts Against 73.2 72.7
Massey -4.3 (#240) -6.8 (#282)
Bradley-Terry -1.13 (#270) -1.66 (#309)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.27 (#262) -1.95 (#299)
RPI 0.457 (#248) 0.416 (#319)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK COLG
FG% 42.2% 43.5%
3PT% 30.4% 33.2%
REB / G 35.2 30.3
OREB / G 8.9 7.2
AST / TO 0.82 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.9% 51.0%
TOV% 21.0% 16.9%
ORB% 24.9% 21.1%
FT Rate 23.8% 12.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 53.4%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 16.8%
DRB% 68.7% 70.2%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 18.7%

Game Analysis

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