You pay for this but they give you that. "Hey Hey, My My" - Neil Young
Holy Cross Crusaders
65 – 58
FINAL Conference
Bucknell Bison
Patriot League · Hart Center Arena · December 31, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -1.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money HC +114 / BUCK -135
Model Predictions
Spread Total HC win
Actual HC +7 123 Won
Massey HC -4.5 (+2.5) — —
Massey Totals — 137.0 (-14.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 72% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 61% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HC -1.7 (+5.3) 135.0 (-12.0) 62% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HC -2.1 (+4.9) 133.7 (-10.7) 58% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HC -2.7 (+4.3) 134.1 (-11.1) 62% ✓
Baseline ML HC -1.8 (+5.2) 135.8 (-12.8) 58% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 22, 2026 HC 72 – 63 BUCK
Mar 1, 2025 BUCK 94 – 81 HC
Jan 16, 2025 BUCK 86 – 82 HC
Feb 22, 2024 HC 73 – 59 BUCK
Jan 4, 2024 BUCK 70 – 58 HC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HC BUCK
Overall 11-22 10-23
Conference 5-13 6-12
Home 6-8 6-8
Away 4-14 4-13
Neutral 1-0 0-2
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.9 67.4
Avg Pts Against 74.8 76.3
Massey -10.4 (#313) -10.8 (#320)
Bradley-Terry -1.50 (#292) -1.77 (#311)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.52 (#314) -2.27 (#301)
RPI 0.437 (#290) 0.442 (#284)
Shooting & Four Factors HC BUCK
FG% 42.5% 39.9%
3PT% 31.0% 31.2%
REB / G 29.4 31.5
OREB / G 7.2 9.5
AST / TO 0.94 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 46.9%
TOV% 17.2% 21.2%
ORB% 21.2% 27.1%
FT Rate 20.2% 22.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.7% 57.3%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 17.8%
DRB% 72.4% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.7% 24.4%

Game Analysis

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