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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% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -4.6 (-0.6) 141.1 (+0.9) 69% ✓
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% ✓

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 74 – 69 BUCK
Feb 9, 2026 NAVY 76 – 60 BUCK
Jan 8, 2026 NAVY 76 – 55 BUCK
Mar 9, 2025 NAVY 83 – 77 BUCK
Feb 1, 2025 BUCK 85 – 75 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%

Game Analysis

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