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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Drake (19‑6) vs Murray State (13‑11) |
20 | Drake Wins | 33% | 23% | 20% | 14% | 8% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Murray State Wins | 17% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 14% | 10% | 5% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Valparaiso (10‑15) vs Indiana St. (16‑9) |
4 | Valparaiso Wins | 28% | 21% | 19% | 15% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Indiana St. Wins | 26% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| UIC (10‑15) vs Southern Illinois (18‑7) |
2 | UIC Wins | 32% | 19% | 17% | 13% | 9% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Southern Illinois Wins | 26% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Illinois St. (10‑15) vs Bradley (17‑8) |
2 | Illinois St. Wins | 29% | 21% | 19% | 13% | 9% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Bradley Wins | 26% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Evansville (4‑21) vs Northern Iowa (12‑12) |
1 | Evansville Wins | 28% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Northern Iowa Wins | 27% | 20% | 18% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Belmont (17‑8) vs Missouri St. (12‑12) |
1 | Belmont Wins | 27% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Missouri St. Wins | 28% | 22% | 17% | 13% | 9% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||