Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Villanova Wildcats
98 104 OT
FINAL Neutral College Basketball Crown
UCF Knights
T-Mobile Arena (Neutral) · April 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -3.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Over
Money VILL -185 / UCF +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual UCF +6 202 Lost
Massey VILL -3.5 (-9.5)
Massey Totals 154.9 (+47.1)
Bradley-Terry 44%
Weighted B-T 52%
Baseline ML VILL -1.9 (-7.9) 156.5 (+45.5) 34%
Baseline Plus ML VILL -2.6 (-8.6) 157.2 (+44.8) 36%
Efficiency Plus ML VILL -3.1 (-9.1) 147.0 (+55.0) 46%
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -1.2 (-7.2) 147.1 (+54.9) 57%

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 VILL UCF
Overall 21-15 20-17
Conference 11-9 7-13
Home 14-3 13-5
Away 3-8 2-8
Neutral 4-4 5-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 79.8
Avg Pts Against 68.2 80.4
Massey 11.4 (#54) 7.9 (#71)
Bradley-Terry 1.37 (#74) 1.62 (#60)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.88 (#66) 1.81 (#68)
RPI 0.522 (#127) 0.541 (#91)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL UCF
FG% 46.2% 42.6%
3PT% 39.5% 33.7%
REB / G 33.9 36.7
OREB / G 9.3 12.2
AST / TO 1.26 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 49.5%
TOV% 15.5% 16.8%
ORB% 30.0% 32.0%
FT Rate 22.4% 27.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 18.0%
DRB% 72.4% 65.6%
Opp FT Rate 20.2% 22.4%

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