And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Patriot League · Reitz Arena · February 27, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -2.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money L-MD +120 / BUCK -140
Model Predictions
Spread Total L-MD win
Actual BUCK +3 137 Lost
Massey BUCK -2.4 (-0.6)
Massey Totals 144.4 (-7.4)
Bradley-Terry 45%
Weighted B-T 42%
Efficiency Plus ML BUCK -2.8 (-0.2) 143.4 (-6.4) 34%
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -3.1 (+0.1) 142.6 (-5.6) 38%
Baseline ML BUCK -3.0 (-0.0) 144.6 (-7.6) 32%
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -2.2 (-0.8) 142.6 (-5.6) 35%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 24, 2026 L-MD 6762 BUCK
Jan 10, 2026 BUCK 7067 L-MD
Mar 7, 2025 BUCK 7672 L-MD
Jan 30, 2025 BUCK 7967 L-MD
Feb 29, 2024 BUCK 6846 L-MD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings L-MD BUCK
Overall 12-19 18-15
Conference 6-12 13-5
Home 7-7 12-4
Away 5-12 6-10
Neutral 0-0 0-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.7 74.0
Avg Pts Against 72.1 73.2
Massey -8.7 (#306) -3.1 (#215)
Bradley-Terry -1.50 (#306) -0.73 (#236)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.79 (#298) -0.83 (#234)
RPI 0.431 (#308) 0.483 (#215)
Shooting & Four Factors L-MD BUCK
FG% 43.3% 45.9%
3PT% 32.3% 35.1%
REB / G 33.2 33.9
OREB / G 10.0 8.5
AST / TO 1.15 1.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 53.3%
TOV% 17.6% 19.0%
ORB% 29.1% 25.6%
FT Rate 20.6% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.6% 50.2%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 17.3%
DRB% 72.1% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.5% 23.1%

Game Analysis

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