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 | |||
| Drake (12‑12) vs Illinois St. (15‑8) |
15 | Drake Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 18% | 23% | 22% | 15% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Illinois St. Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 13% | 23% | 28% | 27% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Belmont (21‑3) vs UIC (13‑11) |
3 | Belmont Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 22% | 26% | 24% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 1% | <1% | ||
| UIC Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 15% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Bradley (16‑8) vs Northern Iowa (14‑9) |
1 | Bradley Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 16% | 22% | 25% | 24% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Northern Iowa Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 13% | 23% | 27% | 25% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Southern Illinois (10‑13) vs Murray State (17‑7) |
0 | Southern Illinois Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 21% | 24% | 29% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Murray State Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 24% | 27% | 22% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Evansville (5‑18) vs Valparaiso (11‑12) |
0 | Evansville Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 16% | 26% | 24% | 21% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Valparaiso Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 14% | 22% | 26% | 25% | 1% | <1% | ||