But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
Big East Conference · Finneran Pavilion · March 4, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -5.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money VILL -188 / CREI +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +12 132 Won
Massey VILL -2.7 (+9.3) — —
Massey Totals — 149.5 (-17.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 67% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 65% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -3.7 (+8.3) 146.4 (-14.4) 67% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -3.6 (+8.4) 142.2 (-10.2) 72% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -5.0 (+7.0) 145.1 (-13.1) 75% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -3.9 (+8.1) 146.0 (-14.0) 70% ✓

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 14, 2026 VILL 80 – 69 CREI
Jan 8, 2026 CREI 76 – 72 VILL
Feb 1, 2025 CREI 62 – 60 VILL
Dec 21, 2024 CREI 86 – 79 VILL
Mar 9, 2024 CREI 69 – 67 VILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL CREI
Overall 18-7 22-9
Conference 11-4 14-6
Home 9-0 11-3
Away 4-4 7-4
Neutral 5-3 4-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.8 76.0
Avg Pts Against 66.5 68.2
Massey 15.2 (#12) 15.0 (#13)
Bradley-Terry 2.73 (#12) 2.43 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.29 (#16) 3.16 (#21)
RPI 0.619 (#9) 0.564 (#63)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL CREI
FG% 45.5% 48.4%
3PT% 36.1% 36.7%
REB / G 34.2 35.8
OREB / G 9.8 8.1
AST / TO 1.67 1.42
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 56.6%
TOV% 13.8% 15.9%
ORB% 28.8% 24.2%
FT Rate 23.3% 18.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.7% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 19.4% 18.4%
DRB% 74.9% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 17.5% 17.9%

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