In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
UConn Huskies
74 – 66
FINAL Conference
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · PeoplesBank Arena · December 28, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -12.5 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money CONN -800 / VILL +650
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +8 140 Won
Massey CONN -23.0 (-15.0) — —
Massey Totals — 140.8 (-0.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CONN -17.9 (-9.9) 142.1 (-2.1) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CONN -15.6 (-7.6) 138.9 (+1.1) 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -16.7 (-8.7) 144.7 (-4.7) 90% ✓
Baseline ML CONN -19.8 (-11.8) 144.3 (-4.3) 90% ✓

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 31-8 17-17
Conference 13-7 10-10
Home 15-2 10-4
Away 6-5 5-9
Neutral 10-1 2-4
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak W6 L2
Avg Pts For 78.6 69.6
Avg Pts Against 64.1 67.7
Massey 22.7 (#1) 4.5 (#97)
Bradley-Terry 4.87 (#1) 0.56 (#123)
W. Bradley-Terry 6.80 (#1) 0.94 (#108)
RPI 0.655 (#6) 0.543 (#104)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN VILL
FG% 48.6% 43.9%
3PT% 37.3% 34.2%
REB / G 39.8 31.8
OREB / G 12.0 7.2
AST / TO 1.54 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.6% 52.4%
TOV% 17.7% 14.3%
ORB% 35.6% 22.8%
FT Rate 24.7% 27.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.5% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 22.7% 18.2%
DRB% 77.7% 72.4%
Opp FT Rate 27.8% 16.8%

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