I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be. "Not Fade Away"-The Rolling Stones
UConn Huskies
73 – 56
FINAL Neutral Conference Big East
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · March 14, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -6.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money CONN -290 / VILL +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +17 129 Won
Massey CONN -3.9 (+13.1) — —
Massey Totals — 141.7 (-12.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 73% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CONN -3.5 (+13.5) 137.4 (-8.4) 65% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CONN -4.0 (+13.0) 134.0 (-5.0) 68% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -3.7 (+13.3) 139.1 (-10.1) 65% ✓
Baseline ML CONN -3.1 (+13.9) 139.4 (-10.4) 65% ✓

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 21, 2026 CONN 73 – 63 VILL
Jan 24, 2026 CONN 75 – 67 VILL
Feb 18, 2025 CONN 66 – 59 VILL
Jan 8, 2025 VILL 68 – 66 CONN
Feb 25, 2024 CONN 78 – 54 VILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CONN VILL
Overall 24-11 21-15
Conference 14-6 11-9
Home 14-2 14-3
Away 7-4 3-8
Neutral 3-5 4-4
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 74.0
Avg Pts Against 68.0 68.2
Massey 15.1 (#29) 11.2 (#53)
Bradley-Terry 2.20 (#44) 1.19 (#78)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.18 (#34) 1.77 (#68)
RPI 0.562 (#64) 0.525 (#127)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN VILL
FG% 47.9% 46.6%
3PT% 35.3% 40.0%
REB / G 35.9 34.1
OREB / G 11.3 9.4
AST / TO 1.57 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.5% 55.3%
TOV% 17.3% 15.8%
ORB% 36.0% 30.5%
FT Rate 24.8% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.2% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 15.9%
DRB% 72.3% 72.5%
Opp FT Rate 29.0% 20.8%

Game Analysis

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