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Villanova Wildcats
55 – 57
FINAL Neutral Big 5 Classic
Drexel Dragons
Xfinity Mobile Arena (Neutral) · December 2, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -10.5 Away covered
O/U 127.5 Under
Money VILL -800 / DREX +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual DREX +2 112 Lost
Massey VILL -8.4 (-10.4) — —
Massey Totals — 120.0 (-8.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -7.8 (-9.8) 128.5 (-16.5) 78% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -5.1 (-7.1) 125.8 (-13.8) 73% ✗
Baseline ML VILL -5.2 (-7.2) 126.9 (-14.9) 70% ✗
Baseline Plus ML VILL -6.1 (-8.1) 127.9 (-15.9) 73% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL DREX
Overall 18-16 20-12
Conference 10-10 13-5
Home 10-6 13-1
Away 4-8 6-10
Neutral 4-2 1-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 71.9
Avg Pts Against 65.6 67.1
Massey 10.2 (#38) 1.8 (#140)
Bradley-Terry 1.58 (#65) 0.01 (#188)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.55 (#58) -0.22 (#203)
RPI 0.632 (#32) 0.471 (#221)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL DREX
FG% 43.0% 42.7%
3PT% 33.3% 23.8%
REB / G 38.2 41.3
OREB / G 11.0 11.6
AST / TO 1.11 0.89
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.5% 46.7%
TOV% 15.9% 19.3%
ORB% 31.8% 33.3%
FT Rate 31.6% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.2% 41.0%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 14.1%
DRB% 74.9% 76.2%
Opp FT Rate 22.9% 22.7%

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