They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Big East Conference · Fiserv Forum · January 10, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -3.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money MARQ +140 / VILL -166
Model Predictions
Spread Total MARQ win
Actual VILL +3 149 Lost
Massey VILL -9.0 (+6.0) — —
Massey Totals — 146.2 (+2.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 5% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 1% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -8.1 (+5.1) 137.7 (+11.3) 21% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -7.0 (+4.0) 140.0 (+9.0) 32% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -8.1 (+5.1) 138.6 (+10.4) 20% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -8.2 (+5.2) 138.0 (+11.0) 19% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 11, 2026 VILL 77 – 74 MARQ
Feb 22, 2025 VILL 81 – 66 MARQ
Jan 25, 2025 MARQ 87 – 74 VILL
Mar 15, 2024 MARQ 71 – 65 VILL
Jan 31, 2024 MARQ 85 – 80 VILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MARQ VILL
Overall 12-20 24-9
Conference 7-13 15-5
Home 10-7 14-3
Away 2-10 9-3
Neutral 0-3 1-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.2 77.1
Avg Pts Against 75.8 71.2
Massey 1.6 (#142) 14.2 (#34)
Bradley-Terry -0.50 (#217) 2.98 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.81 (#226) 4.30 (#20)
RPI 0.479 (#214) 0.632 (#21)
Shooting & Four Factors MARQ VILL
FG% 40.3% 46.2%
3PT% 29.5% 36.6%
REB / G 37.4 36.8
OREB / G 13.2 12.9
AST / TO 1.33 1.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.4% 54.6%
TOV% 15.5% 15.5%
ORB% 32.3% 36.3%
FT Rate 24.4% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 19.1%
DRB% 67.8% 68.2%
Opp FT Rate 24.9% 17.7%

Game Analysis

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