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Drake Bulldogs
65 – 52
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Southern Illinois Salukis
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 5, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -3.5 Home covered
O/U 126.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual DRKE +13 117 Won
Massey DRKE -3.6 (+9.4) — —
Massey Totals — 126.0 (-9.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -4.6 (+8.4) 124.5 (-7.5) 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -3.4 (+9.6) 131.1 (-14.1) 65% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -3.1 (+9.9) 131.4 (-14.4) 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -2.9 (+10.1) 127.7 (-10.7) 65% ✓

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 25-11 16-15
Conference 13-5 9-9
Home 14-3 11-4
Away 8-2 4-8
Neutral 3-6 1-3
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.3 63.7
Avg Pts Against 67.0 61.6
Massey 6.8 (#86) 3.1 (#118)
Bradley-Terry 0.92 (#107) -0.12 (#185)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.06 (#107) 0.07 (#173)
RPI 0.538 (#104) 0.483 (#216)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE SIU
FG% 45.6% 44.2%
3PT% 33.2% 36.0%
REB / G 34.7 30.3
OREB / G 10.3 7.3
AST / TO 1.05 1.05
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 51.7%
TOV% 16.2% 17.9%
ORB% 30.6% 23.2%
FT Rate 21.3% 20.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 49.9%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 19.0%
DRB% 74.1% 77.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.7% 20.7%

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