All your compliments and your cutting remarks are captured here in my quotation marks. "Everyday I Write the Book" - Elvis Costello
Bucknell Bison
72 65
FINAL Conference
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -4.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money BUCK -205 / LEH +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual BUCK +7 137 Won
Massey BUCK -3.3 (+3.7)
Massey Totals 141.3 (-4.3)
Bradley-Terry 82%
Weighted B-T 91%
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -2.8 (+4.2) 136.7 (+0.3) 52%
Model 4 ML BUCK -3.1 (+3.9) 137.9 (-0.9) 60%
Model 3 ML BUCK -2.2 (+4.8) 135.8 (+1.2) 55%
Baseline ML BUCK -2.1 (+4.9) 136.1 (+0.9) 48%

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 28, 2026 LEH 8979 BUCK
Feb 18, 2025 BUCK 6750 LEH
Jan 3, 2025 LEH 6664 BUCK
Feb 13, 2024 LEH 7163 BUCK
Jan 11, 2024 BUCK 8680 LEH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUCK LEH
Overall 10-23 18-17
Conference 6-12 11-7
Home 6-8 13-4
Away 4-13 4-11
Neutral 0-2 1-2
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.4 71.8
Avg Pts Against 76.3 74.4
Massey -11.0 (#322) -10.4 (#313)
Bradley-Terry -1.93 (#323) -2.79 (#344)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.48 (#315) -4.14 (#349)
RPI 0.429 (#295) 0.380 (#350)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK LEH
FG% 40.0% 43.0%
3PT% 31.2% 32.9%
REB / G 31.4 29.2
OREB / G 9.6 8.1
AST / TO 0.83 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.9% 49.9%
TOV% 21.1% 18.8%
ORB% 27.3% 23.0%
FT Rate 21.0% 21.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.8% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 19.0%
DRB% 69.2% 62.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.5% 28.5%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.