Come on down and meet your maker. Come on down and take a stand. "The Stand" - The Alarm
Villanova Wildcats
85 – 66
FINAL Conference
Butler Bulldogs
Big East Conference · Finneran Pavilion · December 17, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -12.5 Home covered
O/U 131.0 Over
Money VILL -1000 / BTLR +650
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +19 151 Won
Massey VILL -22.9 (-3.9) — —
Massey Totals — 140.7 (+10.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -15.4 (+3.6) 142.2 (+8.8) 89% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -19.8 (-0.8) 138.8 (+12.2) 88% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -19.1 (-0.1) 140.8 (+10.2) 89% ✓

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 26, 2026 VILL 82 – 73 BTLR
Jan 3, 2026 VILL 85 – 67 BTLR
Mar 1, 2025 VILL 80 – 70 BTLR
Jan 1, 2025 VILL 73 – 65 BTLR
Feb 20, 2024 VILL 72 – 62 BTLR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL BTLR
Overall 18-7 10-15
Conference 11-4 8-12
Home 9-0 8-4
Away 4-4 1-9
Neutral 5-3 1-2
Last 5 4-1 1-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.8 63.5
Avg Pts Against 66.5 68.7
Massey 13.0 (#19) -4.6 (#232)
Bradley-Terry 3.35 (#7) 0.08 (#155)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.62 (#13) 0.03 (#158)
RPI 0.729 (#8) 0.333 (#306)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL BTLR
FG% 46.5% 40.4%
3PT% 36.5% 25.0%
REB / G 36.2 32.0
OREB / G 9.5 7.0
AST / TO 1.54 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.0% 44.7%
TOV% 13.0% 8.9%
ORB% 27.7% 17.9%
FT Rate 18.9% 26.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 55.0%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 19.8%
DRB% 78.8% 92.6%
Opp FT Rate 14.2% 14.0%

Game Analysis

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