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Xavier Musketeers
69 63
FINAL Conference
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · January 14, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread XAV -2.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money XAV -150 / VILL +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual XAV +6 132 Won
Massey XAV -3.6 (+2.4)
Massey Totals 153.2 (-21.2)
Bradley-Terry 70%
Weighted B-T 81%
Efficiency Plus ML XAV -2.0 (+4.0) 145.9 (-13.9) 63%
Baseline Tuned ML XAV -3.5 (+2.5) 148.7 (-16.7) 68%
Baseline ML XAV -3.9 (+2.1) 148.8 (-16.8) 71%
Baseline Plus ML XAV -4.2 (+1.8) 148.8 (-16.8) 70%

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 9178 XAV
Feb 17, 2026 VILL 9289 XAV
Feb 9, 2025 VILL 8068 XAV
Feb 8, 2024 XAV 5653 VILL
Jan 4, 2024 VILL 6665 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV VILL
Overall 22-12 21-15
Conference 13-7 11-9
Home 15-2 14-3
Away 5-7 3-8
Neutral 2-3 4-4
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.1 74.0
Avg Pts Against 71.6 68.2
Massey 11.1 (#51) 11.3 (#50)
Bradley-Terry 1.12 (#82) 0.96 (#93)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.90 (#66) 1.25 (#93)
RPI 0.532 (#117) 0.537 (#102)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV VILL
FG% 46.2% 48.4%
3PT% 39.2% 41.2%
REB / G 35.2 34.8
OREB / G 8.8 10.6
AST / TO 1.47 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.6% 57.6%
TOV% 16.4% 15.1%
ORB% 27.3% 34.7%
FT Rate 31.0% 21.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 16.3%
DRB% 73.4% 70.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 22.5%

Game Analysis

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