Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Xavier Musketeers
56 – 53
FINAL Conference
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · February 8, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread XAV -3.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money XAV -167 / VILL +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual XAV +3 109 Won
Massey XAV -2.9 (+0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 145.8 (-36.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✓
Baseline Plus ML XAV -3.7 (-0.7) 145.2 (-36.2) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ XAV -3.3 (-0.3) 143.0 (-34.0) 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML XAV -3.2 (-0.2) 143.3 (-34.3) 68% ✓
Baseline ML XAV -3.7 (-0.7) 145.1 (-36.1) 65% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 7, 2026 VILL 91 – 78 XAV
Feb 17, 2026 VILL 92 – 89 XAV
Feb 9, 2025 VILL 80 – 68 XAV
Jan 14, 2025 XAV 69 – 63 VILL
Jan 4, 2024 VILL 66 – 65 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV VILL
Overall 16-18 18-16
Conference 9-11 10-10
Home 11-7 10-6
Away 3-9 4-8
Neutral 2-2 4-2
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 75.9 70.2
Avg Pts Against 74.6 65.6
Massey 11.2 (#44) 11.6 (#40)
Bradley-Terry 1.32 (#80) 1.27 (#82)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.22 (#53) 1.78 (#73)
RPI 0.563 (#79) 0.564 (#78)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV VILL
FG% 43.9% 42.2%
3PT% 35.0% 32.8%
REB / G 39.8 36.0
OREB / G 12.5 9.9
AST / TO 1.41 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.7% 50.0%
TOV% 16.5% 14.7%
ORB% 33.7% 28.0%
FT Rate 24.5% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 16.5%
DRB% 70.2% 74.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.3% 20.6%

Game Analysis

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