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Michigan at Villanova

Saturday, November 21, 2026, 7:00 PM ET at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Michigan AP 20, our rank 7 · 2-1; Villanova our rank 42 · 2-1.

Who will win Michigan vs Villanova?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Michigan a 67% chance to beat Villanova, with a projected score of Michigan 79, Villanova 74.

To winMichigan 67%Villanova 33%
Projected score79–74Michigan, then Villanova
Margin5.0Michigan · no line posted
Total153.8no line posted
First half37–35Michigan ahead 59%
Michigan by 40by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10Villanova by 20Model: Michigan by 5.0Michigan by 40by 20EvenVillanova by 20Model: Michigan by 5.0

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 60–70% have been right 64.8% of the time in 15,721 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Michigan
EstrellaF · 29 min16.48.71.615+ 57%
McKenneyG · 35 min16.13.91.815+ 55%
Gayle Jr.G · 28 min11.73.41.610+ 60%
CadeauG · 32 min11.13.26.010+ 56%
Villanova
RoyalF · 29 min13.95.81.715+ 42%
FiegenG · 28 min13.53.31.415+ 40%
SuigoC · 28 min13.28.72.315+ 38%
PerkinsG · 30 min9.94.01.610+ 47%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Trey McKenney: Michigan 49%Villanova 51%

The white mark is the call with him: Michigan 67%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsMichigan without himChangeProjected score
Michigan
Trey McKenney5.349%−1877–77
Elliot Cadeau5.050%−1777–77
J.P. Estrella4.951%−1677–77
Roddy Gayle Jr.4.452%−1577–77
Villanova
Tyler Perkins3.879%+1281–72
Devin Royal3.678%+1181–73
Jake Fiegen3.177%+1081–73
Elijah Crawford2.876%+981–73

Change is in Michigan's win chance, in points. Scores read Michigan, then Villanova. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Michigan 2-1WLW

    1. Nov 11W 84-70vs MarquetteCovered −3.5 · Under 156.5
    2. Nov 6L 77-85vs UConnDidn't cover +7.5 · Over 142.5
    3. Nov 2W 84-68vs Oakland
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 81.7 and allowing 74.3
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    Villanova 2-1LWW

    1. Nov 10W 80-59vs La SalleCovered −20.5 · Under 157.5
    2. Nov 6W 95-66vs Holy CrossDidn't cover −34.5 · Over 151.5
    3. Nov 1L 72-74vs Notre Dame
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 82.3 and allowing 66.3
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    MichiganVillanova
    Points scored per 100 possessions120.4 10th115.0 51st
    Points allowed per 10092.0 10th98.3 41st
    Possessions a game72.8 26th70.2 245th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)50.0% 220th52.0% 83rd
    Opponents' shooting48.5% 46th46.8% 11th
    Turnovers, share of possessions17.5% 117th18.1% 185th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses32.6% 130th32.0% 163rd
    Free throws per shot0.25 245th0.22 346th

    The widest gap: Michigan's defense (10th) against Villanova's offense (51st), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Michigan 37, Villanova 35
    First-half margin
    Michigan by 2.8
    First-half points, both teams
    72.1
    Projected second half
    Michigan 42, Villanova 40
    Second-half points, both teams
    81.6
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Michigan, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 3 · 37.3 scored, 35.3 allowed
    Villanova, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 2 · 40.0 scored, 29.5 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Michigan

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Trey McKenneyG3516.13.91.82.7
    15+ pts 55% · 4+ reb 51% · 2+ ast 50%
    Elliot CadeauG3211.13.26.01.6
    10+ pts 56% · 3+ reb 57% · 6+ ast 54%
    J.P. EstrellaF2916.48.71.60.3
    15+ pts 57% · 9+ reb 48% · 2+ ast 45%
    Roddy Gayle Jr.G2811.73.41.60.7
    10+ pts 60% · 2+ ast 46% · 1+ threes 47%
    Moustapha ThiamC249.47.30.70.4
    10+ pts 43% · 7+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 35%
    Quinn CostelloF218.83.80.91.6
    10+ pts 40% · 4+ reb 49% · 2+ threes 45%
    Ricky LiburdG153.52.01.00.8
    5+ pts 30% · 2+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 52%
    Oscar GoodmanF102.32.00.60.3
    5+ pts 18% · 2+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 27%

    Villanova

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Tyler PerkinsG309.94.01.61.9
    10+ pts 47% · 4+ reb 53% · 2+ threes 52%
    Devin RoyalF2913.95.81.70.8
    15+ pts 42% · 6+ reb 50% · 2+ ast 49%
    Jake FiegenG2813.53.31.41.9
    15+ pts 40% · 3+ reb 59% · 2+ threes 53%
    Luigi SuigoC2813.28.72.30.3
    15+ pts 38% · 9+ reb 48% · 3+ ast 40%
    Elijah CrawfordG279.42.45.10.8
    10+ pts 43% · 5+ ast 56% · 1+ threes 51%
    Adam OumiddochG186.92.81.00.8
    5+ pts 64% · 3+ reb 48% · 1+ threes 53%
    Darryl Simmons IIG177.30.71.71.2
    5+ pts 67% · 2+ ast 48% · 1+ threes 65%
    Kwame Evans Jr.F146.83.41.10.4
    5+ pts 63% · 4+ reb 42% · 1+ threes 33%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

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