He is handing the money / He is serving the food / He knows about your party / He is calling you dude. "Comfort Eagle" - Cake
Navy Midshipmen
76 – 55
FINAL Conference
Bucknell Bison
Patriot League · Alumni Hall (Navy) · January 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NAVY -8.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money NAVY -395 / BUCK +310
Model Predictions
Spread Total NAVY win
Actual NAVY +21 131 Won
Massey NAVY -11.9 (+9.1) — —
Massey Totals — 137.6 (-6.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 92% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NAVY -10.3 (+10.7) 131.3 (-0.3) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NAVY -8.2 (+12.8) 131.6 (-0.6) 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NAVY -10.6 (+10.4) 132.1 (-1.1) 84% ✓
Baseline ML NAVY -10.3 (+10.7) 131.8 (-0.8) 82% ✓

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
Mar 9, 2025 NAVY 83 – 77 BUCK
Feb 1, 2025 BUCK 85 – 75 NAVY
Jan 18, 2025 BUCK 73 – 69 NAVY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NAVY BUCK
Overall 26-8 10-23
Conference 17-1 6-12
Home 15-2 6-8
Away 10-5 4-13
Neutral 1-1 0-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 74.1 67.4
Avg Pts Against 65.6 76.3
Massey -2.9 (#209) -11.0 (#324)
Bradley-Terry -0.28 (#200) -1.87 (#312)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.63 (#206) -2.43 (#307)
RPI 0.482 (#209) 0.424 (#299)
Shooting & Four Factors NAVY BUCK
FG% 44.1% 39.8%
3PT% 32.6% 31.2%
REB / G 34.8 31.7
OREB / G 9.9 9.9
AST / TO 1.17 0.86
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 46.5%
TOV% 17.3% 20.8%
ORB% 29.7% 27.6%
FT Rate 32.1% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 56.5%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 18.6%
DRB% 72.5% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 26.1%

Game Analysis

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