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USC Trojans
59 60
FINAL Neutral College Basketball Crown
Villanova Wildcats
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Neutral) · April 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -4.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money USC +190 / VILL -225
Model Predictions
Spread Total USC win
Actual VILL +1 119 Lost
Massey VILL -1.1 (+0.1)
Massey Totals 146.9 (-27.9)
Bradley-Terry 55%
Weighted B-T 59%
Baseline ML VILL -0.9 (-0.1) 145.6 (-26.6) 40%
Baseline Plus ML VILL -0.6 (-0.4) 142.5 (-23.5) 33%
Efficiency Plus ML VILL -1.7 (+0.7) 140.4 (-21.4) 29%
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -0.2 (-0.8) 143.2 (-24.2) 54%

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 USC VILL
Overall 17-18 21-15
Conference 7-13 11-9
Home 12-7 14-3
Away 3-7 3-8
Neutral 2-4 4-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.7 74.0
Avg Pts Against 74.6 68.2
Massey 10.2 (#60) 11.4 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 1.45 (#69) 1.26 (#76)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.19 (#59) 1.83 (#66)
RPI 0.535 (#101) 0.517 (#138)
Shooting & Four Factors USC VILL
FG% 48.6% 46.4%
3PT% 37.1% 39.6%
REB / G 31.5 33.8
OREB / G 8.6 9.3
AST / TO 1.26 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.1% 55.1%
TOV% 17.8% 15.5%
ORB% 28.0% 30.1%
FT Rate 26.9% 22.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 16.1%
DRB% 69.7% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 20.6%

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