I'm the all night drug prowling wolf who looks so sick in sun / I'm the white man in the Palais "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
Bucknell Bison
76 69
FINAL Conference
Lafayette Leopards
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · January 15, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -2.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money BUCK -166 / LAF +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual BUCK +7 145 Won
Massey BUCK -3.5 (+3.5)
Massey Totals 139.6 (+5.4)
Bradley-Terry 85%
Weighted B-T 86%
Efficiency Plus ML BUCK -4.0 (+3.0) 135.3 (+9.7) 63%
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -2.3 (+4.7) 134.9 (+10.1) 59%
Baseline ML BUCK -2.7 (+4.3) 134.2 (+10.8) 48%
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -1.5 (+5.5) 134.5 (+10.5) 54%

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 29, 2026 LAF 8179 BUCK
Feb 15, 2025 BUCK 7569 LAF
Jan 9, 2025 BUCK 6562 LAF
Mar 3, 2024 BUCK 6050 LAF
Jan 20, 2024 LAF 7572 BUCK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUCK LAF
Overall 10-23 11-21
Conference 6-12 8-10
Home 6-8 6-10
Away 4-13 5-11
Neutral 0-2 0-0
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.4 69.1
Avg Pts Against 76.3 75.4
Massey -11.5 (#326) -11.5 (#325)
Bradley-Terry -1.74 (#315) -2.86 (#347)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.31 (#311) -3.50 (#344)
RPI 0.427 (#302) 0.360 (#356)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK LAF
FG% 39.7% 42.4%
3PT% 30.6% 34.6%
REB / G 31.6 32.4
OREB / G 9.8 9.1
AST / TO 0.88 1.15
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.4% 49.2%
TOV% 20.7% 16.5%
ORB% 27.4% 25.3%
FT Rate 21.3% 22.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.1% 54.1%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 14.2%
DRB% 69.5% 68.2%
Opp FT Rate 25.1% 24.0%

Game Analysis

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