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Drake Bulldogs
57 – 50
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Belmont Bruins
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -7.5 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money DRKE -275 / BEL +225
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual DRKE +7 107 Won
Massey DRKE -6.0 (+1.0) — —
Massey Totals — 140.2 (-33.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 90% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -6.0 (+1.0) 130.2 (-23.2) 79% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -6.4 (+0.6) 128.8 (-21.8) 79% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -5.8 (+1.2) 132.6 (-25.6) 73% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -5.6 (+1.4) 133.5 (-26.5) 73% ✓

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 DRKE 100 – 79 BEL
Feb 4, 2026 BEL 103 – 90 DRKE
Jan 10, 2026 BEL 78 – 76 DRKE
Dec 29, 2024 DRKE 65 – 46 BEL
Feb 22, 2024 DRKE 84 – 69 BEL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DRKE BEL
Overall 31-4 22-11
Conference 17-3 13-7
Home 14-2 11-5
Away 9-1 9-4
Neutral 8-1 2-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.5 78.9
Avg Pts Against 60.2 76.8
Massey 7.9 (#73) 1.8 (#132)
Bradley-Terry 2.57 (#29) 0.97 (#94)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.98 (#38) 0.82 (#110)
RPI 0.592 (#35) 0.549 (#88)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE BEL
FG% 47.7% 46.5%
3PT% 35.4% 38.5%
REB / G 30.6 34.4
OREB / G 10.4 9.6
AST / TO 1.15 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.2% 55.0%
TOV% 18.6% 15.6%
ORB% 36.4% 27.0%
FT Rate 29.9% 18.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 54.0%
Opp TOV% 22.1% 17.7%
DRB% 74.2% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.7% 19.0%

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