Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Bucknell Bison
73 69
FINAL Conference
Navy Midshipmen
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · January 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -4.5 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money BUCK -185 / NAVY +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual BUCK +4 142 Won
Massey BUCK -7.4 (-3.4)
Massey Totals 146.8 (-4.8)
Bradley-Terry 90%
Weighted B-T 93%
Efficiency Plus ML BUCK -4.8 (-0.8) 143.0 (-1.0) 70%
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -5.1 (-1.1) 139.9 (+2.1) 72%
Baseline ML BUCK -5.2 (-1.2) 139.5 (+2.5) 68%
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -4.6 (-0.6) 141.1 (+0.9) 69%

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 6, 2026 NAVY 7469 BUCK
Feb 9, 2026 NAVY 7660 BUCK
Jan 8, 2026 NAVY 7655 BUCK
Mar 9, 2025 NAVY 8377 BUCK
Feb 1, 2025 BUCK 8575 NAVY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUCK NAVY
Overall 18-15 15-19
Conference 13-5 10-8
Home 12-4 9-5
Away 6-10 6-12
Neutral 0-1 0-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 70.1
Avg Pts Against 73.2 71.2
Massey -5.3 (#257) -8.9 (#309)
Bradley-Terry -0.89 (#248) -2.35 (#339)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.09 (#248) -2.88 (#337)
RPI 0.459 (#243) 0.360 (#356)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK NAVY
FG% 42.1% 41.5%
3PT% 31.2% 32.2%
REB / G 35.1 35.5
OREB / G 9.3 11.5
AST / TO 0.88 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 47.7%
TOV% 20.0% 16.3%
ORB% 25.9% 31.1%
FT Rate 22.7% 22.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.4% 53.4%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 17.2%
DRB% 69.7% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 25.2%

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