Seton Hall Hosts Villanova

Nova Looks to Avoid Back to Back Losses Against Seton Hall

The 4th-ranked Villanova Wildcats and the Seton Hall Pirates will meet on Wednesday at the Prudential Center. This key Big East matchup will be televised by Fox Sports 1 and the tip-off is scheduled for 8 pm EST.

Villanova will try to avoid rare back-to-back losses tonight. The Wildcats haven't dropped two straight since the 2012-13 season. They lost to Louisville in the Big East Tournament and followed that up with a loss to North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament.

Oddsmakers opened the Wildcats as -6.5-point favorites versus the Pirates, while the game's total opened at 161.5. The line has held steady, but the total has dropped to 160.5.

Jay Wright's Wildcats' have won the past four regular- season Big East titles. They currently sit in second place, one game behind No. 3 Xavier.  After the Cats' 115th meeting with Seton Hall, the Wildcatsend the season at home to Georgetown.

Seton Hall Looking for 4th Straight Win

The Pirates outlasted St. John's 81-74 in overtime at Madison Square Garden. It was their third consecutive victory. They won without forward Desi Rodriguez, who suffered an ankle sprain earlier in the week in a win at Providence.

Rodriguez, the Pirates leading scorer at 18.8 points per game, is questionable for Wednesday night's game.

Seton Hall is also facing some off-the-court trouble. Former Seton Hall guard Isaiah Whitehead's name appeared alongside amounts of $26,136 and $37,657 in the loan ledger of NBA agent Andy Miller.  The widespread federal corruption investigation into college basketball is sparing no one it seems.

Rodriguez, Khadeen Carrington and Angel Delgado gives the Pirates a trio of experienced scorers. The three have a combined 4,875 career points. They are among the top 20 all-time scorers in the history of the program. Carrington leads the trio in 10th place, followed by Rodriguez at 15th, and Delgado a few spots behind at 18th.

No other class in program history had more than one player on the top-20 all-time scoring list.

Villanova Was Taken to Overtime in Last Outing

The Wildcats played its first overtime game of the season at Creighton. It was also the first since an 82-79 loss to Providence in January 2016. The Bluejays rallied from a 68-60 deficit with 4:30 remaining in regulation to force overtime. They then outscored the Wildcats in OT to post an 89-83 win.

Villanova beat Seton Hall this earlier this season. The Wildcats broke open a close game in the second half to win 92-76 on Feb. 4. Omari Spellman posted one of his nine double-doubles with 26 points and 11 rebounds. The Wildcats have won six of the last seven against Seton Hall.

Jalen Brunson leads six Wildcat players in double figures with 19.3 points a game. Brunson was the Big East's preseason player of the year and a national player of the year candidate.

Villanova has lost only 15 games since the new Big East was configured in 2013. Seton Hall, Butler and Creighton are tied for the most wins against the Wildcats. All the programs have three apiece.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Villanova	25-4	18-10-1	87.48	71.21	16.27	8-4	6-5	20-9	10-2	6-5
Seton Hall	20-9	13-16	79.62	73.52	6.1	6-9	5-6	18-10	8-6	8-3

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
VILLA	16.72	10.34	1.62
SETON	16.03	13.00	1.23

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
VILLA	9.21	25.97	35.18
SETON	12.48	25.72	38.2

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
VILLA	50.84	43.75	7.09

Team Records

Villanova Wildcats

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	25-4	15-1	10-3	18-10-1	11-5	7-5-1	87.48	71.21	16.27
Last 10	7-3	5-1	2-2	6-4	5-1	1-3	86.70	76.50	10.20
vs Conf	12-4	7-1	5-3	9-7	6-2	3-5	88.63	77.06	11.57

Seton Hall Pirates

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	20-9	15-3	5-6	13-16	8-10	5-6	79.62	73.52	6.10
Last 10	5-5	2-2	3-3	4-6	1-3	3-3	80.60	79.30	1.30
vs Conf	9-7	5-2	4-5	7-9	3-4	4-5	78.88	78.69	0.19

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	87.48	1	73.52	167
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	85.92	2	68.61	123
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	34.85	112	33.00	115
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	79.62	47	71.21	118
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	80.33	80	72.38	78
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	39.28	44	33.85	70

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Villanova	7-3	4-6	3-7	73.00	32.20	44.63	37.10	84/229	6.30
Seton Hall	3-7	6-4	3-7	63.20	29.90	40.48	34.30	64/200	5.70

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Feb 4, 2018	SETON	76	VILLA	92	-12.5	VILLA	156	O	VILLA	VILLA	VILLA	37	41	50	50.8	31	36	7/18	12/29	1	5
Mar 10, 2017	SETON	53	VILLA	55	-10.5	SETON	135.5	U	VILLA	SETON	Push	27	20	40.7	41.7	38	31	5/15	5/19	8	8
Feb 18, 2017	VILLA	92	SETON	70	6.5	VILLA	136.5	O	VILLA	VILLA	VILLA	42	31	67.3	46.4	26	23	12/21	7/24	6	7
Jan 16, 2017	SETON	46	VILLA	76	-13.5	VILLA	140	U	VILLA	VILLA	VILLA	23	36	29.1	47.4	33	39	7/28	12/26	4	9
Mar 12, 2016	SETON	69	VILLA	67	-6	SETON	139.5	U	SETON	Push	VILLA	40	29	49.1	42.1	35	35	6/19	8/23	9	5
Jan 20, 2016	VILLA	72	SETON	71	7	SETON	139.5	O	VILLA	VILLA	VILLA	35	33	45.8	41.4	35	32	10/19	7/18	1	6
Jan 6, 2016	SETON	63	VILLA	72	-15	SETON	141	U	VILLA	VILLA	SETON	23	30	35.6	36.2	39	47	6/16	4/22	8	7
Feb 16, 2015	SETON	54	VILLA	80	-16.5	VILLA	134.5	U	VILLA	VILLA	VILLA	20	36	32.3	49.1	36	37	9/28	12/27	4	8
Jan 3, 2015	VILLA	61	SETON	66	7.5	SETON	137	U	SETON	VILLA	VILLA	27	31	31	35.5	47	42	5/24	2/15	5	9
Mar 13, 2014	SETON	64	VILLA	63	-10.5	SETON	137	U	SETON	VILLA	SETON	34	26	45.5	37.9	34	38	8/19	4/19	1	9

NCAA Basketball Betting Trends

Villanova Wildcats
Villanova is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games
Villanova is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Villanova's last 10 games
Villanova is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games on the road
Villanova is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Seton Hall
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Villanova's last 11 games when playing Seton Hall
Villanova is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Seton Hall
Villanova is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Seton Hall
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Villanova's last 5 games when playing on the road against Seton Hall

Seton Hall Pirates
Seton Hall is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Seton Hall is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seton Hall's last 5 games
Seton Hall is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Seton Hall is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seton Hall's last 6 games at home
Seton Hall is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Villanova
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Seton Hall's last 11 games when playing Villanova
Seton Hall is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Villanova
Seton Hall is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Villanova
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seton Hall's last 5 games when playing at home against Villanova

Team Last 5 Games

Villanova Wildcats

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Feb 24, 2018	CREIG	83-89	L	-7	165	L/O	41.10	78.57	12	A
Feb 21, 2018	DPAUL	93-62	W	-18.5	154	W/O	59.65	71.43	10	H
Feb 17, 2018	XAVIR	95-79	W	-1	164.5	W/O	60.32	60.00	16	A
Feb 14, 2018	PROV	71-76	L	-9.5	152.5	L/U	50.00	72.73	3	A
Feb 10, 2018	BUTLR	86-75	W	-9.5	157.5	W/O	50.85	86.96	6	H

Seton Hall Pirates

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Feb 24, 2018	STJON	81-74	W	2.5	146.5	W/O	49.18	80.00	5	A
Feb 21, 2018	PROV	89-77	W	1	149	W/O	54.72	68.57	7	A
Feb 18, 2018	DPAUL	82-77	W	-9.5	149.5	L/O	43.08	70.37	7	H
Feb 14, 2018	XAVIR	90-102	L	6.5	159	L/O	43.06	89.47	11	A
Feb 10, 2018	GTOWN	80-83	L	-5	151.5	L/O	45.59	75.00	9	A

Next up:
Villanova home to Georgetown University Saturday, March 3
Seton Hall home to Butler Saturday, March 3

 

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