The Most Important Games for the Drake Bulldogs are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Bulldogs final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Drake Bulldogs fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Drake Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3* First Round Bye |
4* First Round Bye |
5* First Round Bye |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| UIC (15‑12) vs Evansville (6‑20) |
0 | UIC Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 64% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 64% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Evansville Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 63% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Northern Iowa (17‑10) vs Indiana St. (10‑17) |
0 | Northern Iowa Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3% | 34% | 64% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 64% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Indiana St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 64% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Valparaiso (14‑13) vs Bradley (18‑9) |
0 | Valparaiso Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 35% | 64% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 64% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bradley Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 4% | 32% | 63% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Murray State (19‑9) vs Illinois St. (17‑10) |
0 | Murray State Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 64% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 64% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Illinois St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 33% | 64% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Drake (12‑16) vs Southern Illinois (12‑15) |
0 | Drake Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 5% | 63% | 31% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 33% | 64% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Southern Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 98% | <1% | <1% | ||