I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Temple Owls
65 – 94
FINAL Neutral Big 5 Classic
Villanova Wildcats
Xfinity Mobile Arena (Neutral) · December 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -9.5 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money TEM +380 / VILL -600
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual VILL +29 159 Lost
Massey VILL -4.6 (-24.4) — —
Massey Totals — 152.5 (+6.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 54% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 55% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -4.7 (-24.3) 144.6 (+14.4) 35% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -7.1 (-21.9) 144.1 (+14.9) 23% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -4.4 (-24.6) 143.2 (+15.8) 29% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -3.6 (-25.4) 144.3 (+14.7) 31% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 1, 2025 VILL 74 – 56 TEM
Nov 12, 2022 TEM 68 – 64 VILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM VILL
Overall 17-15 21-15
Conference 9-9 11-9
Home 12-2 14-3
Away 3-9 3-8
Neutral 2-4 4-4
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 74.0
Avg Pts Against 77.6 68.2
Massey 3.0 (#118) 7.6 (#76)
Bradley-Terry 0.08 (#165) -0.06 (#179)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.07 (#166) -0.26 (#183)
RPI 0.517 (#141) 0.513 (#151)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM VILL
FG% 45.4% 46.7%
3PT% 32.8% 38.8%
REB / G 38.4 35.7
OREB / G 11.0 12.1
AST / TO 0.90 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 55.5%
TOV% 15.6% 17.4%
ORB% 30.8% 38.2%
FT Rate 32.1% 20.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.5% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 14.9% 18.2%
DRB% 65.1% 71.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 20.1%

Game Analysis

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