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Villanova Wildcats
68 – 66
FINAL Conference
UConn Huskies
Big East Conference · Finneran Pavilion · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -1.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money VILL -130 / CONN +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +2 134 Won
Massey CONN -0.4 (+2.4) — —
Massey Totals — 156.9 (-22.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 26% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 19% ✗
Baseline Plus ML VILL -0.6 (+1.4) 149.2 (-15.2) 55% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -1.9 (+0.1) 146.6 (-12.6) 57% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -1.3 (+0.7) 150.5 (-16.5) 54% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -0.7 (+1.3) 152.6 (-18.6) 58% ✓

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
Feb 25, 2024 CONN 78 – 54 VILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL CONN
Overall 21-15 24-11
Conference 11-9 14-6
Home 14-3 14-2
Away 3-8 7-4
Neutral 4-4 3-5
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 77.0
Avg Pts Against 68.2 68.0
Massey 11.7 (#47) 16.1 (#21)
Bradley-Terry 0.85 (#106) 2.67 (#31)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.37 (#92) 3.68 (#30)
RPI 0.531 (#116) 0.585 (#51)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL CONN
FG% 49.3% 49.7%
3PT% 41.5% 37.2%
REB / G 36.0 35.5
OREB / G 11.1 10.7
AST / TO 1.45 2.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.6% 58.0%
TOV% 15.5% 14.5%
ORB% 36.4% 34.0%
FT Rate 21.8% 26.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 17.2%
DRB% 72.3% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 32.3%

Game Analysis

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