They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
UConn Huskies
75 67 OT
FINAL Conference
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · PeoplesBank Arena · January 24, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -11.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money CONN -900 / VILL +600
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +8 142 Won
Massey CONN -9.3 (-1.3)
Massey Totals 135.0 (+7.0)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 98%
Efficiency Plus ML CONN -8.9 (-0.9) 136.7 (+5.3) 80%
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -10.4 (-2.4) 135.7 (+6.3) 82%
Baseline ML CONN -10.8 (-2.8) 135.0 (+7.0) 80%
Baseline Plus ML CONN -10.0 (-2.0) 137.1 (+4.9) 80%

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 21, 2026 CONN 7363 VILL
Mar 14, 2025 CONN 7356 VILL
Feb 18, 2025 CONN 6659 VILL
Jan 8, 2025 VILL 6866 CONN
Feb 25, 2024 CONN 7854 VILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CONN VILL
Overall 34-6 24-9
Conference 17-3 15-5
Home 15-2 14-3
Away 9-3 9-3
Neutral 10-1 1-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 76.6 77.1
Avg Pts Against 65.2 71.2
Massey 20.3 (#12) 14.2 (#36)
Bradley-Terry 5.23 (#3) 2.71 (#28)
W. Bradley-Terry 6.98 (#4) 3.64 (#23)
RPI 0.674 (#5) 0.616 (#29)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN VILL
FG% 48.8% 46.6%
3PT% 34.7% 36.2%
REB / G 36.7 35.5
OREB / G 11.3 12.2
AST / TO 1.61 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.3% 54.8%
TOV% 16.6% 15.6%
ORB% 34.6% 35.5%
FT Rate 22.6% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.6% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 19.5% 18.9%
DRB% 70.9% 68.0%
Opp FT Rate 27.8% 19.1%

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