In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Bucknell Bison
77 – 83
FINAL Conference Patriot League
Navy Midshipmen
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · March 9, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -5.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money BUCK -225 / NAVY +190
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual NAVY +6 160 Lost
Massey BUCK -7.0 (-13.0) — —
Massey Totals — 146.9 (+13.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 83% ✗
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -5.1 (-11.1) 145.2 (+14.8) 73% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BUCK -5.3 (-11.3) 145.6 (+14.4) 73% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -6.8 (-12.8) 144.8 (+15.2) 75% ✗
Baseline ML BUCK -5.9 (-11.9) 145.2 (+14.8) 74% ✗

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
Feb 1, 2025 BUCK 85 – 75 NAVY
Jan 18, 2025 BUCK 73 – 69 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 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 70.1
Avg Pts Against 73.2 71.2
Massey -2.8 (#213) -6.5 (#270)
Bradley-Terry -0.54 (#222) -1.34 (#297)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.67 (#220) -1.59 (#284)
RPI 0.502 (#173) 0.440 (#298)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK NAVY
FG% 46.6% 42.1%
3PT% 35.5% 33.5%
REB / G 33.9 35.6
OREB / G 8.4 11.4
AST / TO 1.04 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 48.3%
TOV% 18.7% 16.2%
ORB% 25.8% 31.4%
FT Rate 24.1% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 52.2%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 17.9%
DRB% 72.0% 72.7%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 23.6%

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