Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
UConn Huskies
78 – 54
FINAL Conference
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · Gampel Pavilion · February 25, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -12.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money CONN -1000 / VILL +550
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +24 132 Won
Massey CONN -10.5 (+13.5) — —
Massey Totals — 137.4 (-5.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CONN -11.2 (+12.8) 139.2 (-7.2) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CONN -10.9 (+13.1) 137.0 (-5.0) 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -11.8 (+12.2) 139.7 (-7.7) 84% ✓
Baseline ML CONN -10.7 (+13.3) 139.8 (-7.8) 86% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 21, 2026 CONN 73 – 63 VILL
Jan 24, 2026 CONN 75 – 67 VILL
Mar 14, 2025 CONN 73 – 56 VILL
Feb 18, 2025 CONN 66 – 59 VILL
Jan 8, 2025 VILL 68 – 66 CONN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CONN VILL
Overall 37-3 18-16
Conference 18-2 10-10
Home 17-0 10-6
Away 8-3 4-8
Neutral 12-0 4-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak W13 L2
Avg Pts For 81.4 70.2
Avg Pts Against 63.4 65.6
Massey 19.8 (#5) 12.6 (#30)
Bradley-Terry 3.46 (#3) 1.38 (#72)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.11 (#3) 1.93 (#61)
RPI 0.628 (#10) 0.559 (#75)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN VILL
FG% 49.7% 42.7%
3PT% 36.3% 33.7%
REB / G 38.1 35.6
OREB / G 12.0 9.4
AST / TO 1.76 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.1% 50.7%
TOV% 15.4% 14.7%
ORB% 37.7% 27.3%
FT Rate 25.1% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 16.5%
DRB% 72.7% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 19.1%

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