Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Villanova Wildcats
87 – 73
FINAL Conference
Providence Friars
Big East Conference · Finneran Pavilion · January 31, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -8.5 Home covered
O/U 157.5 Over
Money VILL -425 / PROV +330
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VILL +14 160 Won
Massey VILL -9.2 (+4.8) — —
Massey Totals — 168.8 (-8.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -9.9 (+4.1) 161.2 (-1.2) 81% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -10.2 (+3.8) 158.5 (+1.5) 84% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VILL -10.0 (+4.0) 158.3 (+1.7) 82% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -8.3 (+5.7) 160.3 (-0.3) 81% ✓

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 13, 2026 VILL 88 – 82 PROV
Feb 15, 2025 PROV 75 – 62 VILL
Jan 18, 2025 VILL 75 – 73 PROV
Mar 2, 2024 VILL 71 – 60 PROV
Feb 4, 2024 VILL 68 – 50 PROV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL PROV
Overall 24-9 15-18
Conference 15-5 7-13
Home 14-3 10-6
Away 9-3 3-9
Neutral 1-3 2-3
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.1 85.3
Avg Pts Against 71.2 84.0
Massey 14.1 (#37) 8.0 (#75)
Bradley-Terry 2.60 (#30) 0.54 (#116)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.49 (#29) 1.21 (#94)
RPI 0.615 (#29) 0.507 (#157)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL PROV
FG% 46.0% 47.8%
3PT% 36.3% 35.2%
REB / G 35.6 38.7
OREB / G 12.4 11.1
AST / TO 1.43 1.33
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.2% 54.9%
TOV% 15.7% 15.4%
ORB% 35.7% 31.6%
FT Rate 21.8% 29.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 14.0%
DRB% 67.5% 67.7%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 23.8%

Game Analysis

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