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Villanova Wildcats
82 – 73
FINAL Conference
Butler Bulldogs
Big East Conference · Finneran Pavilion · February 26, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -10.5 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money VILL -600 / BTLR +440
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +9 155 Won
Massey VILL -8.6 (+0.4) — —
Massey Totals — 152.8 (+2.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -10.3 (-1.3) 151.1 (+3.9) 81% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -9.2 (-0.2) 149.4 (+5.6) 82% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -9.2 (-0.2) 148.5 (+6.5) 81% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -8.8 (+0.2) 150.9 (+4.1) 83% ✓

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 3, 2026 VILL 85 – 67 BTLR
Mar 1, 2025 VILL 80 – 70 BTLR
Jan 1, 2025 VILL 73 – 65 BTLR
Feb 20, 2024 VILL 72 – 62 BTLR
Jan 27, 2024 BTLR 88 – 81 VILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL BTLR
Overall 24-9 16-16
Conference 15-5 7-13
Home 14-3 10-7
Away 9-3 3-8
Neutral 1-3 3-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.1 79.4
Avg Pts Against 71.2 77.5
Massey 14.3 (#40) 8.7 (#70)
Bradley-Terry 2.90 (#25) 1.24 (#80)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.69 (#23) 1.59 (#81)
RPI 0.608 (#27) 0.518 (#138)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL BTLR
FG% 45.7% 45.4%
3PT% 35.8% 33.7%
REB / G 35.2 37.7
OREB / G 12.3 12.6
AST / TO 1.53 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.9% 51.4%
TOV% 15.0% 15.6%
ORB% 34.3% 35.0%
FT Rate 22.2% 30.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 15.4%
DRB% 67.7% 69.6%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 18.1%

Game Analysis

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