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Drake Bulldogs
70 53
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Southern Illinois Salukis
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 7, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -10.5 Home covered
O/U 126.5 Under
Money DRKE -700 / SIU +450
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual DRKE +17 123 Won
Massey DRKE -9.5 (+7.5)
Massey Totals 129.4 (-6.4)
Bradley-Terry 94%
Weighted B-T 96%
Efficiency Plus ML DRKE -10.0 (+7.0) 121.9 (+1.1) 86%
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -10.3 (+6.7) 128.2 (-5.2) 86%
Baseline ML DRKE -10.0 (+7.0) 127.1 (-4.1) 87%
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -10.2 (+6.8) 126.0 (-3.0) 87%

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 6763 SIU
Feb 19, 2026 SIU 6661 DRKE
Jan 15, 2026 DRKE 7673 SIU
Feb 1, 2025 DRKE 7565 SIU
Feb 8, 2024 DRKE 9288 SIU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DRKE SIU
Overall 31-4 14-19
Conference 17-3 8-12
Home 14-2 7-7
Away 9-1 5-8
Neutral 8-1 1-4
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.5 72.2
Avg Pts Against 60.2 75.5
Massey 7.7 (#76) -1.8 (#193)
Bradley-Terry 2.56 (#29) -0.18 (#184)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.96 (#38) -0.23 (#183)
RPI 0.591 (#35) 0.505 (#172)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE SIU
FG% 47.9% 45.7%
3PT% 35.6% 35.3%
REB / G 30.5 35.4
OREB / G 10.2 10.3
AST / TO 1.12 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 51.7%
TOV% 18.9% 18.0%
ORB% 36.2% 30.2%
FT Rate 30.2% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.2% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 21.9% 15.4%
DRB% 74.5% 72.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 23.9%

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