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Xavier Musketeers
89 – 92 OT
FINAL Conference
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · February 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -4.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money XAV +170 / VILL -205
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual VILL +3 181 Lost
Massey VILL -6.3 (+3.3) — —
Massey Totals — 151.9 (+29.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 16% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -5.8 (+2.8) 149.2 (+31.8) 25% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -4.4 (+1.4) 149.1 (+31.9) 33% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -5.4 (+2.4) 147.2 (+33.8) 29% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -4.2 (+1.2) 147.5 (+33.5) 29% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 7, 2026 VILL 91 – 78 XAV
Feb 9, 2025 VILL 80 – 68 XAV
Jan 14, 2025 XAV 69 – 63 VILL
Feb 8, 2024 XAV 56 – 53 VILL
Jan 4, 2024 VILL 66 – 65 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV VILL
Overall 15-18 24-9
Conference 6-14 15-5
Home 12-6 14-3
Away 1-10 9-3
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 78.4 77.1
Avg Pts Against 80.6 71.2
Massey 5.5 (#99) 14.8 (#39)
Bradley-Terry 1.12 (#83) 2.98 (#26)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.66 (#77) 3.87 (#25)
RPI 0.525 (#124) 0.623 (#24)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV VILL
FG% 43.8% 46.0%
3PT% 36.6% 36.2%
REB / G 34.8 35.6
OREB / G 10.1 12.3
AST / TO 1.77 1.49
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 54.3%
TOV% 14.1% 15.4%
ORB% 26.4% 34.8%
FT Rate 19.8% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 18.9%
DRB% 70.9% 67.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 19.9%

Game Analysis

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