Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Drake Bulldogs
69 – 74 OT
FINAL Conference
Northern Iowa Panthers
Missouri Valley Conference · Knapp Center · February 5, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -4.0 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual UNI +5 143 Lost
Massey DRKE -5.5 (-10.5) — —
Massey Totals — 146.8 (-3.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -7.7 (-12.7) 146.4 (-3.4) 75% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -6.3 (-11.3) 149.2 (-6.2) 74% ✗
Baseline ML DRKE -5.7 (-10.7) 150.6 (-7.6) 73% ✗
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -5.2 (-10.2) 149.6 (-6.6) 72% ✗

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 1, 2026 UNI 75 – 53 DRKE
Feb 15, 2026 UNI 86 – 62 DRKE
Feb 23, 2025 DRKE 64 – 58 UNI
Jan 30, 2025 DRKE 66 – 52 UNI
Feb 24, 2024 UNI 91 – 77 DRKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DRKE UNI
Overall 25-11 20-12
Conference 13-5 14-4
Home 14-3 10-4
Away 8-2 9-5
Neutral 3-6 1-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.3 73.8
Avg Pts Against 67.0 71.5
Massey 7.1 (#78) 4.8 (#103)
Bradley-Terry 1.08 (#94) 0.24 (#158)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.20 (#103) 0.35 (#145)
RPI 0.545 (#96) 0.527 (#126)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE UNI
FG% 45.6% 45.4%
3PT% 35.3% 34.7%
REB / G 35.0 33.4
OREB / G 10.5 6.8
AST / TO 1.06 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 53.1%
TOV% 16.2% 16.9%
ORB% 31.0% 21.3%
FT Rate 22.2% 26.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 53.3%
Opp TOV% 19.2% 17.5%
DRB% 74.0% 80.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 17.4%

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