The No. 15 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens (22-12) are 15.5-point underdogs to move on to the second round of the NCAA Tournament when they square off against the No. 2 Villanova Wildcats (26-7) on Friday. Here are some insights into this 2-15 matchup in the South Regional Region bracket that begins at 2:45 PM.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Villanova has a 16-16-2 record against the spread this season compared to Delaware, who is 15-17-0 ATS. A total of 16 out of the Wildcats’ 34 games this season have hit the over, and 18 of the Fightin’ Blue Hens’ 32 games have gone over. The teams score 146.4 points per game, 12.9 more points than this matchup’s total. Villanova is 4-5-1 against the spread and 10-0 overall in its past 10 contests, while Delaware has gone 6-4-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall.
Here is what you need to prepare for Friday’s college basketball action.
Delaware at Villanova odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Villanova -15.5
- Total: 133.5
- Moneyline: Villanova -1930, Delaware +1000
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Delaware at Villanova odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Villanova 77, Delaware 63
Moneyline
- The Wildcats have been favored on the moneyline 29 total times this season. They’ve finished 26-3 in those games.
- Villanova has played seven times as a moneyline favorite with odds of -1930 or shorter, and earned a victory each game.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Wildcats’ implied win probability is 95.1%.
- The Fightin’ Blue Hens have been underdogs in 10 games this season and won four (40%) of those contests.
- Delaware has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +1000 odds on them winning this game.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Fightin’ Blue Hens have a 9.1% chance to win.
Against the spread
- The Wildcats score just 2.7 more points per game (72.6) than the Fightin’ Blue Hens allow (69.9).
- When Villanova totals more than 69.9 points, it is 11-10-1 against the spread and 20-3 overall.
- Delaware is 9-7 against the spread and 14-4 overall when giving up fewer than 72.6 points.
- The Fightin’ Blue Hens put up 10.7 more points per game (73.8) than the Wildcats allow (63.1).
- Delaware is 12-14 against the spread and 18-9 overall when it scores more than 63.1 points.
- Villanova’s record is 12-6-2 against the spread and 18-3 overall when it allows fewer than 73.8 points.
- The Wildcats have out-scored their opponents by a total of 315 points this season (9.5 points per game on average), and the Fightin’ Blue Hens have put up 132 more points than their opponents on the year (3.9 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Wildcats’ average implied point total this season is the same as their implied total in Friday’s game (73.2 points).
- This season, Villanova has scored more than 75 points 13 times.
- The 73.9-point average implied total on the season for the Fightin’ Blue Hens is 14.9 more points than the team’s 59-point implied total in this matchup.
- On the season, Delaware has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (59) 32 times.
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