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Automated Team Capsule for 2018-19 Villanova 26-10 (0.722) | Big East

All-Play Percentage: 0.895 (38^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.727 (36^th)	Record Quality: 0.424 (20^th)	Avg. Season Rank: 36.15 (32^nd)
Pace: 64.42 (346^th)	Momentum: -4.37 (330^th)	Off. Momentum: -3.58 (338^th)	Def. Momentum: -0.79 (187^th)
Consistency: -10.45 (275^th)	Res. Consistency: -13.54 (256^th)	Away From Home: -0.62 (233^rd)	Paper Tiger Factor: -0.54 (130^th)

NOTE: All data below reflects predicted performance against the "AO" (average opponent), a fictitious opponent who represents the average in every stat category.
Hover over column headers or visit "ABOUT" page for an explanation of each measurement.
Includes games through April 8, 2019. Data shown on this page is based on time-independent ratings.

OFFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

114.88

29.12

74.05

86.45

44.89

44.44

35.34

16.61

37.34

25.40

66.55

11.39

16.40

6.53

51.41

19.21

29.38

2.22

RANK:

18^th

55^th

84^th

53^rd

129^th

2^nd

131^st

298^th

100^th

331^st

20^th

175^th

44^th

104^th

3^rd

316^th

340^th

351^st

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

99.37

22.28

84.13

42.76

32.79

34.22

19.55

33.30

31.79

57.38

10.37

13.05

5.13

38.97

23.23

37.79

2.01

RANK:

93^rd

33^rd

193^rd

109^th

210^th

150^th

114^th

62^nd

236^th

94^th

84^th

127^th

74^th

196^th

102^nd

225^th

198^th

ANALYSIS:
Villanova has a fairly solid squad that likely falls within the top quartile of all teams in college basketball this year. Carrying a record of 26-10, they are currently rated #38 overall (out of 353) in All-Play Percentage this season. Of the 10 schools in the Big East (average ranking 70.1), they're currently ranked as the best team in the conference.

Villanova showcases one of the country's most efficient offenses. Racking up about 115 points for every 100 possessions vs. AO and promoting a style of play that will try to grind things to a crawl (the eighth-slowest pace in D1), the team is nationally rated 18th in efficiency on that end of the floor. Villanova lives and dies by the three-ball and will launch from long-distance early and often. The team ranks third in ratio of three-point attempts to total field goal attempts. When it comes to actually making their three-point attempts, the squad shoots a so-so 35.3% from beyond the arc vs. AO. Villanova is also one of the nation's most effective teams finishing close to the iron. The team is ranked 20th in the country in near-proximity field goal percentage, making approximately 66.5% of their attempts from up-close vs. AO.

Villanova is also a fairly decent team on the defensive end of the court. The team ranks 93rd nationally in defensive efficiency, allowing about 99 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. Villanova does a pretty solid job avoiding careless fouls and minimizing opponents' opportunities from the free throw line. With a defensive free throw attempt rate of 22.28 vs. AO, they are currently rated 33rd in the country in that category. Villanova has also been fairly decent in preventing teams from draining shots from between the three-point stripe and the low post. They're ranked 62nd in Division I in defensive mid-range field goal percentage, allowing AO to make good on only 33.3% of their attempts from that distance.

Villanova has definitely not been as efficient as of late compared to earlier in the season and, consequently, the team is nationally ranked 330th in positive momentum.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Tue 11/6/2018	vs Morgan State₃₃₆	W 85.75 - 57.14	W 100-77	1-0	122.64	123.75	▲ 1.11	87.17	106.03	▼ 18.86	▼ 17.75
Sat 11/10/2018	vs Quinnipiac₂₅₄	W 79.39 - 59.86	W 86-53	2-0	122.08	145.23	▲ 23.15	98.10	72.55	▲ 25.55	▲ 48.70
Wed 11/14/2018	vs Michigan₇	L 61.28 - 66.57	L 46-73	2-1	97.55	65.69	▼ 31.86	111.15	128.81	▼ 17.66	▼ 49.52
Sat 11/17/2018	vs Furman₈₀	W 70.87 - 62.90	L 68-76 (OT)	2-2	108.71	91.62	▼ 17.09	101.63	97.81	▲ 3.82	▼ 13.27
Thu 11/22/2018	vs Canisius₂₅₇ *	W 78.40 - 61.60	W 83-56	3-2	121.26	110.67	▼ 10.59	96.19	87.76	▲ 8.43	▼ 2.16
Fri 11/23/2018	vs Oklahoma State₇₉ *	W 70.00 - 65.29	W 77-58	4-2	111.45	123.73	▲ 12.28	104.30	103.57	▲ 0.73	▲ 13.01
Sun 11/25/2018	vs Florida State₁₇ *	L 66.07 - 69.39	W 66-60	5-2	102.44	103.13	▲ 0.69	106.83	93.75	▲ 13.08	▲ 13.77
Sat 12/1/2018	@ La Salle₂₂₃	W 74.52 - 62.85	W 85-78	6-2	116.00	141.84	▲ 25.84	94.78	125.37	▼ 30.59	▼ 4.75
Wed 12/5/2018	vs Temple₇₁	W 73.79 - 66.24	W 69-59	7-2	110.59	113.96	▲ 3.37	105.10	106.00	▼ 0.90	▲ 2.47
Sat 12/8/2018	vs Saint Joe's₁₆₅	W 77.88 - 63.19	W 70-58	8-2	118.43	95.35	▼ 23.08	100.33	85.35	▲ 14.98	▼ 8.10
Tue 12/11/2018	@ Penn₁₂₄	W 69.85 - 65.44	L 75-78	8-3	111.52	120.50	▲ 8.98	99.42	108.30	▼ 8.88	▲ 0.10
Sat 12/15/2018	@ Kansas₁₈	L 66.71 - 73.24	L 71-74	8-4	102.74	110.07	▲ 7.33	107.80	109.63	▼ 1.83	▲ 5.50
Sat 12/22/2018	vs UConn₈₃ *	W 72.90 - 67.68	W 81-58	9-4	111.88	115.87	▲ 3.99	104.80	83.87	▲ 20.93	▲ 24.92
Wed 1/2/2019	vs DePaul₁₁₀	W 78.40 - 68.00	W 73-68	10-4	119.25	116.69	▼ 2.56	106.77	112.17	▼ 5.40	▼ 7.96
Sat 1/5/2019	@ Providence₇₈	W 67.69 - 66.10	W 65-59	11-4	107.29	100.61	▼ 6.68	99.80	88.27	▲ 11.53	▲ 4.85
Tue 1/8/2019	vs St. John's₈₂	W 76.93 - 68.25	W 76-71	12-4	111.81	110.52	▼ 1.29	103.73	108.07	▼ 4.34	▼ 5.63
Sun 1/13/2019	@ Creighton₅₄	L 70.72 - 71.42	W 90-78	13-4	110.78	132.93	▲ 22.15	106.54	110.14	▼ 3.60	▲ 18.55
Fri 1/18/2019	vs Xavier₇₂	W 71.17 - 64.05	W 85-75	14-4	110.87	134.21	▲ 23.34	103.94	109.05	▼ 5.11	▲ 18.23
Tue 1/22/2019	@ Butler₆₉	W 69.57 - 68.71	W 80-72	15-4	113.09	137.52	▲ 24.43	106.70	116.15	▼ 9.45	▲ 14.98
Sun 1/27/2019	vs Seton Hall₅₆	W 72.44 - 66.40	W 80-52	16-4	108.89	122.99	▲ 14.10	103.89	67.20	▲ 36.69	▲ 50.79
Wed 1/30/2019	@ DePaul₁₁₀	W 75.15 - 71.25	W 86-74	17-4	119.25	136.87	▲ 17.62	106.77	114.96	▼ 8.19	▲ 9.43
Sun 2/3/2019	vs Georgetown₉₈	W 78.23 - 68.09	W 77-65	18-4	113.48	108.62	▼ 4.86	103.66	98.79	▲ 4.87	▲ 0.01
Wed 2/6/2019	vs Creighton₅₄	W 74.01 - 68.22	W 66-59 (OT)	19-4	110.78	93.11	▼ 17.67	106.54	98.11	▲ 8.43	▼ 9.24
Sat 2/9/2019	@ Marquette₄₄	L 68.70 - 71.17	L 65-66	19-5	109.34	112.20	▲ 2.86	107.92	107.85	▲ 0.07	▲ 2.93
Wed 2/13/2019	vs Providence₇₈	W 70.94 - 62.94	W 85-67	20-5	107.29	145.98	▲ 38.69	99.80	109.28	▼ 9.48	▲ 29.21
Sun 2/17/2019	@ St. John's₈₂	W 73.54 - 71.62	L 65-71	20-6	111.81	93.01	▼ 18.80	103.73	100.40	▲ 3.33	▼ 15.47
Wed 2/20/2019	@ Georgetown₉₈	W 74.84 - 71.47	L 73-85	20-7	113.48	108.10	▼ 5.38	103.66	118.40	▼ 14.74	▼ 20.12
Sun 2/24/2019	@ Xavier₇₂	W 68.01 - 67.13	L 54-66	20-8	110.87	92.50	▼ 18.37	103.94	107.50	▼ 3.56	▼ 21.93
Wed 2/27/2019	vs Marquette₄₄	W 71.94 - 67.88	W 67-61	21-8	109.34	106.89	▼ 2.45	107.92	100.17	▲ 7.75	▲ 5.30
Sat 3/2/2019	vs Butler₆₉	W 72.74 - 65.54	W 75-54	22-8	113.09	121.52	▲ 8.43	106.70	95.35	▲ 11.35	▲ 19.78
Sat 3/9/2019	@ Seton Hall₅₆	L 69.16 - 69.66	L 75-79	22-9	108.89	124.10	▲ 15.21	103.89	129.17	▼ 25.28	▼ 10.07
Thu 3/14/2019	vs Providence₇₈ *	W 69.31 - 64.52	W 73-62	23-9	107.29	102.90	▼ 4.39	99.80	86.64	▲ 13.16	▲ 8.77
Fri 3/15/2019	vs Xavier₇₂ *	W 69.59 - 65.59	W 71-67 (OT)	24-9	110.87	103.57	▼ 7.30	103.94	96.67	▲ 7.27	▼ 0.03
Sat 3/16/2019	vs Seton Hall₅₆ *	W 70.80 - 68.03	W 74-72	25-9	108.89	102.78	▼ 6.11	103.89	103.23	▲ 0.66	▼ 5.45
Thu 3/21/2019	vs Saint Mary's₃₀ *	L 64.90 - 65.86	W 61-57	26-9	107.67	112.73	▲ 5.06	107.88	101.33	▲ 6.55	▲ 11.61
Sat 3/23/2019	vs Purdue₆ *	L 65.27 - 73.94	L 61-87	26-10	105.90	63.16	▼ 42.74	119.50	155.26	▼ 35.76	▼ 78.50
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Projections are based on present-day ratings. Stars indicate games played at a neutral location.
Game efficiencies only account for data before a contest has gone analytically final and are adjusted to extract home-court advantage.

CURIOUS TRENDS:

	Villanova does worse vs. clubs that are likely to allow more second chances off of offensive rebounds. When playing squads that have a defensive second-chance potential point rate vs. AO greater than 13.16, Villanova performs above average 26% of the time. Against all other opponents, the team performs better than the norm 77% of the time.
	Villanova performs better against squads that are typically efficient on offense. When facing teams that have an offensive efficiency rating vs. AO greater than 108.06, Villanova is more efficient than normal 75% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 30% of the time.
	When playing teams that allow a higher number of conversions off of the offensive glass, Villanova usually performs worse than average. Villanova is more efficient than normal 28% of the time when facing clubs that have a defensive second-chance conversion percentage vs. AO greater than 5.14%. In all other contests, Villanova performs better than average 72% of the time.

LATEST NEWS ITEMS:

	March Madness 2019: Scouting Purdue men's basketball vs. Villanova (3/22/2019 6:15:00 PM) After Thursday's victory, the Wildcats are 14-1 in NCAA Tournament ... Against a team as efficient on offense as Villanova, Purdue must reward itself for stops. Contact Journal & Courier Purdue men's basketball insider Nathan Baird at nbaird@jconline.com ...
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HASLAMETRICS ALL-PLAY PERCENTAGE RANKING BY DAY: Select data to plot:

HASLAMETRICS TEAM HISTORY: Select data to view:

SUMMARY	Rk	AP%	Rec (WinPct)		RQ	Conference	Pace	Con	SOS	PTF	AFH	ASR

OFFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

DEFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

SUMMARY	Rk		AP%		Rec (WinPct)		RQ		Conference		Pace		Con		SOS		PTF		AFH		ASR

OFFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox

DEFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox