The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Bradley Braves
93 66
FINAL Conference
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Carver Arena · January 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BRAD -6.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money BRAD -290 / DRKE +235
Model Predictions
Spread Total BRAD win
Actual BRAD +27 159 Won
Massey BRAD -5.2 (+21.8)
Massey Totals 149.6 (+9.4)
Bradley-Terry 84%
Weighted B-T 84%
Efficiency Plus ML BRAD -5.0 (+22.0) 144.6 (+14.4) 72%
Baseline Tuned ML BRAD -4.5 (+22.5) 144.3 (+14.7) 71%
Baseline ML BRAD -4.9 (+22.1) 145.6 (+13.4) 70%
Baseline Plus ML BRAD -5.1 (+21.9) 146.4 (+12.6) 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

Jan 31, 2026 BRAD 8773 DRKE
Mar 9, 2025 DRKE 6348 BRAD
Feb 16, 2025 BRAD 6159 DRKE
Jan 9, 2025 DRKE 6457 BRAD
Mar 9, 2024 DRKE 7267 BRAD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BRAD DRKE
Overall 21-13 14-20
Conference 13-7 6-14
Home 14-3 6-11
Away 4-7 4-7
Neutral 3-3 4-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 73.9
Avg Pts Against 74.2 76.3
Massey 2.7 (#125) 1.2 (#149)
Bradley-Terry 0.58 (#123) -0.45 (#212)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.66 (#133) -0.30 (#190)
RPI 0.526 (#125) 0.485 (#202)
Shooting & Four Factors BRAD DRKE
FG% 43.1% 44.9%
3PT% 35.4% 36.2%
REB / G 34.5 34.1
OREB / G 10.4 9.3
AST / TO 1.23 1.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.4% 52.6%
TOV% 14.6% 14.0%
ORB% 28.0% 26.3%
FT Rate 25.7% 22.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.9% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 21.7% 15.4%
DRB% 70.0% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.5% 22.1%

Game Analysis

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