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Providence Friars
54 – 52
FINAL Conference
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · Alumni Hall (RI) · March 6, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -3.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money PROV +170 / VILL -163
Model Predictions
Spread Total PROV win
Actual PROV +2 106 Won
Massey VILL -5.3 (+7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 142.2 (-36.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 28% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 27% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -2.2 (+4.2) 140.8 (-34.8) 37% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -2.6 (+4.6) 135.8 (-29.8) 41% ✗
Baseline Plus ML VILL -2.7 (+4.7) 137.9 (-31.9) 42% ✗
Baseline ML VILL -2.2 (+4.2) 139.7 (-33.7) 43% ✗

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 PROV VILL
Overall 13-13 18-7
Conference 9-10 11-4
Home 8-3 9-0
Away 4-7 4-4
Neutral 1-3 5-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.8 74.8
Avg Pts Against 69.7 66.5
Massey 7.7 (#76) 15.5 (#11)
Bradley-Terry 1.45 (#67) 2.84 (#11)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.95 (#65) 3.41 (#15)
RPI 0.533 (#110) 0.618 (#10)
Shooting & Four Factors PROV VILL
FG% 43.4% 45.6%
3PT% 32.5% 36.0%
REB / G 35.7 34.4
OREB / G 10.7 9.7
AST / TO 1.19 1.70
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.8% 53.6%
TOV% 16.9% 13.8%
ORB% 29.7% 28.4%
FT Rate 22.4% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 19.1%
DRB% 70.0% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 16.7%

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