Everybody know I'm a motherfucking monster. "Monster" - Kanye West
Colorado Buffaloes
64 85
FINAL Neutral College Basketball Crown
Villanova Wildcats
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Neutral) · April 2, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -5.5 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money COLO +190 / VILL -225
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLO win
Actual VILL +21 149 Lost
Massey VILL -3.5 (-17.5)
Massey Totals 137.4 (+11.6)
Bradley-Terry 48%
Weighted B-T 39%
Baseline ML VILL -1.9 (-19.1) 142.9 (+6.1) 39%
Baseline Plus ML VILL -3.2 (-17.8) 136.9 (+12.1) 34%
Efficiency Plus ML VILL -2.7 (-18.3) 137.0 (+12.0) 33%
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -3.4 (-17.6) 139.8 (+9.2) 41%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLO VILL
Overall 14-21 21-15
Conference 3-17 11-9
Home 11-7 14-3
Away 0-10 3-8
Neutral 3-4 4-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.7 74.0
Avg Pts Against 71.9 68.2
Massey 7.4 (#79) 10.9 (#57)
Bradley-Terry 1.09 (#85) 1.19 (#79)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.30 (#87) 1.73 (#70)
RPI 0.490 (#189) 0.516 (#140)
Shooting & Four Factors COLO VILL
FG% 44.6% 46.2%
3PT% 32.2% 39.8%
REB / G 35.0 33.8
OREB / G 9.4 9.3
AST / TO 0.98 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.6% 54.9%
TOV% 21.0% 15.7%
ORB% 28.9% 30.2%
FT Rate 27.4% 23.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.5% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 16.0%
DRB% 71.7% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 24.5% 21.0%

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