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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 Tuned ML VILL -8.4 (-6.4) 143.5 (+4.5) 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -7.8 (-5.8) 141.3 (+6.7) 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -8.9 (-6.9) 141.9 (+6.1) 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 87 – 73 PROV
Jan 13, 2026 VILL 88 – 82 PROV
Feb 15, 2025 PROV 75 – 62 VILL
Mar 2, 2024 VILL 71 – 60 PROV
Feb 4, 2024 VILL 68 – 50 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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