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Villanova Wildcats
63 – 73
FINAL Conference
UConn Huskies
Big East Conference · Xfinity Mobile Arena · February 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -3.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money VILL +142 / CONN -170
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual CONN +10 136 Lost
Massey CONN -2.4 (-7.6) — —
Massey Totals — 140.0 (-4.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 34% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 33% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CONN -0.2 (-9.8) 140.6 (-4.6) 59% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -1.0 (-11.0) 140.0 (-4.0) 65% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -0.7 (-10.7) 140.0 (-4.0) 52% ✗
Baseline ML VILL -0.1 (-10.1) 141.7 (-5.7) 59% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 24, 2026 CONN 75 – 67 VILL
Mar 14, 2025 CONN 73 – 56 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 VILL CONN
Overall 24-9 34-6
Conference 15-5 17-3
Home 14-3 15-2
Away 9-3 9-3
Neutral 1-3 10-1
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.1 76.6
Avg Pts Against 71.2 65.2
Massey 14.6 (#38) 19.9 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 3.01 (#23) 4.16 (#4)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.82 (#23) 5.11 (#5)
RPI 0.622 (#22) 0.656 (#5)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL CONN
FG% 45.9% 48.8%
3PT% 36.2% 36.8%
REB / G 35.6 36.4
OREB / G 12.3 11.3
AST / TO 1.54 1.72
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.2% 56.1%
TOV% 15.0% 16.0%
ORB% 34.5% 34.3%
FT Rate 22.5% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 18.3%
DRB% 68.0% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 30.2%

Game Analysis

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