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 (5‑0) vs Valparaiso (2‑2) |
8 | Drake Wins | 29% | 18% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Valparaiso Wins | 21% | 17% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Evansville (1‑4) vs Murray State (3‑1) |
1 | Evansville Wins | 28% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Murray State Wins | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | <1% | ||
| UIC (3‑2) vs Northern Iowa (3‑2) |
1 | UIC Wins | 28% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Northern Iowa Wins | 28% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Bradley (4‑1) vs Southern Illinois (2‑2) |
1 | Bradley Wins | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Southern Illinois Wins | 28% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Illinois St. (3‑1) vs Belmont (4‑1) |
0 | Illinois St. Wins | 28% | 17% | 13% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Belmont Wins | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Indiana St. (2‑2) vs Missouri St. (3‑1) |
0 | Indiana St. Wins | 28% | 17% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Missouri St. Wins | 27% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||