They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Villanova Wildcats
71 – 56
FINAL Conference
Providence Friars
Big East Conference · Finneran Pavilion · January 23, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -11.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money VILL -700 / PROV +600
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +15 127 Won
Massey VILL -10.2 (+4.8) — —
Massey Totals — 149.1 (-22.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 92% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -10.7 (+4.3) 147.6 (-20.6) 84% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -8.8 (+6.2) 143.5 (-16.5) 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -11.1 (+3.9) 146.8 (-19.8) 82% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -9.6 (+5.4) 146.9 (-19.9) 82% ✓

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
Jan 18, 2025 VILL 75 – 73 PROV
Mar 2, 2024 VILL 71 – 60 PROV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL PROV
Overall 18-7 13-13
Conference 11-4 9-10
Home 9-0 8-3
Away 4-4 4-7
Neutral 5-3 1-3
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.8 69.8
Avg Pts Against 66.5 69.7
Massey 15.3 (#16) 7.9 (#69)
Bradley-Terry 3.67 (#6) 1.79 (#60)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.68 (#8) 2.42 (#61)
RPI 0.627 (#14) 0.558 (#80)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL PROV
FG% 47.5% 45.2%
3PT% 37.8% 32.5%
REB / G 34.1 35.7
OREB / G 8.9 10.9
AST / TO 1.89 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.0% 50.4%
TOV% 12.0% 16.7%
ORB% 26.6% 31.2%
FT Rate 21.6% 23.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.8% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 17.7%
DRB% 79.0% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 15.8% 21.4%

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