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(2) Villanova Wildcats
80 – 60
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(15) Delaware Blue Hens
PPG Paints Arena (Neutral) · March 18, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -15.5 Home covered
O/U 133.0 Over
Money VILL -475 / DEL +380
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +20 140 Won
Massey VILL -15.7 (+4.3) — —
Massey Totals — 131.9 (+8.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 96% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -13.0 (+7.0) 134.5 (+5.5) 86% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -14.3 (+5.7) 133.0 (+7.0) 87% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -12.3 (+7.7) 132.6 (+7.4) 86% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -13.1 (+6.9) 133.9 (+6.1) 87% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL DEL
Overall 30-8 22-13
Conference 16-4 10-8
Home 12-1 9-5
Away 8-5 8-5
Neutral 10-2 5-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.7 70.7
Avg Pts Against 62.7 68.6
Massey 17.1 (#12) 1.4 (#142)
Bradley-Terry 3.42 (#5) 0.71 (#117)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.98 (#6) 0.69 (#123)
RPI 0.636 (#5) 0.537 (#95)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL DEL
FG% 43.7% 47.0%
3PT% 35.9% 35.2%
REB / G 35.0 31.7
OREB / G 10.2 8.3
AST / TO 1.21 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 53.7%
TOV% 15.6% 18.4%
ORB% 30.9% 27.1%
FT Rate 25.1% 25.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 18.6%
DRB% 72.0% 68.7%
Opp FT Rate 18.7% 21.8%

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