So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Fari! "By the RIvers of Babylon"-The Melodians
Villanova Wildcats
75 73
FINAL Conference
Providence Friars
Big East Conference · Finneran Pavilion · January 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -8.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money VILL -400 / PROV +300
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +2 148 Won
Massey VILL -9.6 (-7.6)
Massey Totals 143.8 (+4.2)
Bradley-Terry 72%
Weighted B-T 71%
Baseline Plus ML VILL -8.9 (-6.9) 141.9 (+6.1) 80%
Model 4 ML VILL -7.8 (-5.8) 141.3 (+6.7) 79%
Model 3 ML VILL -8.4 (-6.4) 143.5 (+4.5) 80%
Baseline ML VILL -8.5 (-6.5) 144.8 (+3.2) 81%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 31, 2026 VILL 8773 PROV
Jan 13, 2026 VILL 8882 PROV
Feb 15, 2025 PROV 7562 VILL
Mar 2, 2024 VILL 7160 PROV
Feb 4, 2024 VILL 6850 PROV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL PROV
Overall 21-15 12-20
Conference 11-9 6-14
Home 14-3 10-6
Away 3-8 2-9
Neutral 4-4 0-5
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 74.0 71.3
Avg Pts Against 68.2 72.5
Massey 11.3 (#50) 5.5 (#93)
Bradley-Terry 0.85 (#99) 0.61 (#115)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.23 (#90) 1.15 (#94)
RPI 0.532 (#117) 0.536 (#110)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL PROV
FG% 48.1% 43.8%
3PT% 41.1% 34.0%
REB / G 34.7 39.4
OREB / G 10.5 12.1
AST / TO 1.40 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.3% 51.5%
TOV% 15.5% 18.9%
ORB% 34.3% 35.2%
FT Rate 21.9% 23.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 46.9%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 13.3%
DRB% 71.4% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 23.4%

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