Villanova Wildcats
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Big East
canonical name from espn_mbb
#8 Round of 64 (out) 2026
Ratings · 2026
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.25 | points per possession | 0.12 |
| DE | 1.00 | points per possession | 0.14 |
| ME | 0.24 | points per possession | 0.19 |
| PACE | 65.55 | possessions per game | 4.62 |
At season 2026's latest cutoff
(2026-04-07 00:50),
with 33 games played. OE is points scored
per possession, DE points allowed per possession, and the adjusted margin (ME) is their
difference — so 0.47 reads as +0.47 pts per possession, not 0.47 points. PACE is
possessions per game, a count, not a per-possession rate. The σ column shares
its row's unit.
Ratings over time
Season 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Show AdjME · AdjOE · AdjDE · AdjPace
Warm-up shown · hide
train_cutoff_at — a walk-forward replay for season 2026.
Axis spans 52.64 to 75.21 over
131 cutoffs. The shaded band is the model's own ±2σ
(AdjPace_sigma) — it is widest early, when few games have been
played.
The dashed rule is the mean warm-up gate: left of it the team had
played fewer than 18 games, where the rating has not yet settled (a rating
is a mean, so it gates on the mean curve; the prediction-σ gate is later or equal at
18).
This line is the smoothed rating: an exponentially-weighted causal
average of this team's own history (alpha 0.75 on each
factor), fitted once on five seasons and frozen — it removes cutoff-to-cutoff fit
noise without pulling the team toward the league mean.Record · 2026
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 9 | 0.727 |
Countable games per NCAA policy — includes non-D1, which count for the record and not for the ratings.
Vendor names
| Source | Name | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| cbbd | Villanova | auto |
Schedule & results
| Date | S | Matchup | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | 2026 | Utah State @ Villanova N | 86–76 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026 | Georgetown @ Villanova N | 78–64 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-03-07 | 2026 | Xavier @ Villanova | 78–91 | regular |
| 2026-03-05 | 2026 | Villanova @ DePaul | 76–57 | regular |
| 2026-03-01 | 2026 | Villanova @ St. John's | 57–89 | regular |
| 2026-02-26 | 2026 | Butler @ Villanova | 73–82 | regular |
| 2026-02-21 | 2026 | UConn @ Villanova | 73–63 | regular |
| 2026-02-17 | 2026 | Villanova @ Xavier | 92–89 | regular |
| 2026-02-14 | 2026 | Villanova @ Creighton | 80–69 | regular |
| 2026-02-11 | 2026 | Marquette @ Villanova | 74–77 | regular |
| 2026-02-07 | 2026 | Villanova @ Georgetown | 80–73 | regular |
| 2026-02-04 | 2026 | Seton Hall @ Villanova | 60–72 | regular |
| 2026-01-31 | 2026 | Providence @ Villanova | 73–87 | regular |
| 2026-01-24 | 2026 | Villanova @ UConn | 67–75 | regular |
| 2026-01-22 | 2026 | Georgetown @ Villanova | 51–66 | regular |
| 2026-01-18 | 2026 | St. John's @ Villanova | 86–79 | regular |
| 2026-01-13 | 2026 | Villanova @ Providence | 88–82 | regular |
| 2026-01-10 | 2026 | Villanova @ Marquette | 76–73 | regular |
| 2026-01-08 | 2026 | Creighton @ Villanova | 76–72 | regular |
| 2026-01-03 | 2026 | Villanova @ Butler | 85–67 | regular |
| 2025-12-31 | 2026 | DePaul @ Villanova | 66–71 | regular |
| 2025-12-24 | 2026 | Villanova @ Seton Hall | 64–56 | regular |
| 2025-12-20 | 2026 | Wisconsin @ Villanova N | 66–76 | regular |
| 2025-12-13 | 2026 | Pittsburgh @ Villanova | 61–79 | regular |
| 2025-12-09 | 2026 | Villanova @ Michigan | 61–89 | regular |
| 2025-12-07 | 2026 | Pennsylvania @ Villanova | 63–90 | regular |
| 2025-12-01 | 2026 | Temple @ Villanova | 56–74 | regular |
| 2025-11-26 | 2026 | Old Dominion @ Villanova | 75–89 | regular |
| 2025-11-20 | 2026 | Villanova @ La Salle | 70–55 | regular |
| 2025-11-16 | 2026 | Duquesne @ Villanova | 77–87 | regular |
| 2025-11-12 | 2026 | Sacred Heart @ Villanova | 60–94 | regular |
| 2025-11-09 | 2026 | Queens University @ Villanova | 74–94 | regular |
| 2025-11-04 | 2026 | Villanova @ BYU N | 66–71 | regular |