And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Villanova Wildcats
68 60
FINAL Big 12-Big East Battle
Cincinnati Bearcats
Finneran Pavilion · December 3, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -4.5 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Money VILL +155 / CIN -185
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +8 128 Won
Massey CIN -6.5 (+14.5)
Massey Totals 144.5 (-16.5)
Bradley-Terry 18%
Weighted B-T 10%
Baseline Plus ML CIN -2.3 (+10.3) 137.4 (-9.4) 55%
Baseline ML CIN -3.2 (+11.2) 138.9 (-10.9) 37%
Baseline Tuned ML CIN -2.2 (+10.2) 138.0 (-10.0) 33%
Efficiency Plus ML CIN -2.4 (+10.4) 136.3 (-8.3) 60%

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 CIN
Overall 21-15 19-16
Conference 11-9 7-13
Home 14-3 12-5
Away 3-8 4-9
Neutral 4-4 3-2
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 71.2
Avg Pts Against 68.2 66.2
Massey 6.1 (#77) 17.9 (#12)
Bradley-Terry -0.27 (#202) 2.17 (#46)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.25 (#178) 2.98 (#53)
RPI 0.494 (#179) 0.552 (#90)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL CIN
FG% 46.4% 53.6%
3PT% 38.6% 41.5%
REB / G 36.1 39.8
OREB / G 12.9 11.2
AST / TO 1.13 2.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.3% 61.4%
TOV% 17.6% 14.0%
ORB% 39.8% 36.8%
FT Rate 19.5% 13.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 38.5%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 17.6%
DRB% 72.1% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 21.5% 13.8%

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