College Hoops Picks ATS, Feb. 25: Villanova Wildcats at DePaul Blue Demons

Villanova Wildcats (10-4, 22-5) at DePaul Blue Demons (0-14, 8-19)

Wednesday, Feb. 24—8:00 PM EST on The Big East Local Network

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Preview

Villanova just moved one spot closer to getting into the top four of the Big East—and thus getting a double-bye in the conference tournament—with Pitt losing to Providence on Tuesday. The Wildcats have only four conference losses, and have gone 8-2 in their last ten games—with their two losses coming to UConn and West Virginia. After starting the season out 0-4 against Top 25 teams, Nova has since gone 4-0.

DePaul is still winless in Big East play. They've had their chances a few times this season—they have played South Florida twice and already faced Rutgers, who only have one conference win—which was over the Blue Demons. They only have four remaining games to get a regular-season win.

Villanova has been on fire recently—they scored in the triple-digits back-to-back for the first time in school history a few weeks ago, and they have been knocking down "better" teams left and right. The only issue facing their team right now is the fact that they've been involved in such high-scoring games recently. What I mean by this is that their defense hasn't been as strong as Coach Wright would like to see it.

This game shouldn't be much of a challenge for the Wildcats, although we have seen stranger things occur this season. The bigger question is how are they going to fare against the spread?

By The Numbers

	Record	Conf	ATS	RPI	SOS	PF	PA
Villanova	22-5	10-4	13-9	9	24	77.5	66.6
DePaul	8-19	0-14	5-16	190	38	64.6	72.7

	FG%	D. FG%	3P%	D. 3P%	FT%	RPG	SPG	APG	TPG
Villanova	46.3	40.2	36.5	33.5	73.8	41.0	7.5	14.9	13.3
DePaul	40.8	45.8	28.0	35.8	61.5	38.2	6.6	11.5	12.6

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Prediction

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