Providence vs Villanova Prediction 2/15/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Villanova Wildcats and the Providence Friars meet Saturday in college basketball action from the Hinkle Fieldhouse. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Providence vs Villanova Prediction.

Villanova Recap

The Villanova Wildcats come into this game looking to add on to their 73-71 win over St. John’s last time out to improve to 15-10 on the year. After this game, Villanova will head on the road for a game against UConn.

Wildcats Win Three In A Row

Eric Dixon leads Villanova in scoring with 23.5 PPG along with 5.1 RPG while Wooga Poplar has 14.7 PPG with 6.4 RPG to share the team lead in rebounding and Jordan Longino has added 11.6 PPG with 2.5 RPG and 2.3 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Villanova up to this point in the year. Jhamir Brickus also has 9.7 PPG with a team-high 5.5 APG to lead the Wildcats in the assist department while Tyler Perkins has 6.9 PPG with 3.8 RPG and Enoch Boakye has 4 PPG with 6.4 RPG of his own to share the team lead on the glass with the aforementioned Poplar. As a team, Villanova is averaging 75.4 PPG on 47.2% shooting from the field, 40.2% from three and 80.8% from the foul line this season.

Why the Villanova Wildcats will win

• Villanova has won each of its last six night games against Providence.
• Providence has lost each of its last four games.

Providence Recap

The Providence Friars come into this game looking to bounce back from a 91-82 loss at the hands of Xavier last time out to fall to 11-14 on the year. After this game, Providence will head on the road for a game against the Georgetown Hoyas.

Friars Drop 4^th Straight Game

Jayden Pierre’s logged 12.8 PPG with 2.7 RPG and 3 APG. Bensley Joseph has 11.7 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 3 APG to lead the Friars in assists to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Providence so far this season. Wesley Cardet Jr. has 9.3 PPG with 3.5 RPG while Corey Floyd Jr. has 9.1 PPG with 4.7 RPG while Oswin Erhunmwunse has 5.6 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Providence is averaging 71.5 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three and 70.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Providence Friars will win

• Providence has won 17 of its last 18 Saturday night games at Amica Mutual Pavilion.
• Villanova has lost three of its last four road games.

Providence vs Villanova Prediction

I’m on Villanova here. Let’s face it. The last two years have been pain for the Villanova program, and this season feels like the closest that the Wildcats have come to the NCAA tournament by a fair margin and I think that Villanova knows they can ill afford to slip up here if this team is serious about breaking that drought and getting back to the Big Dance. Providence is in a tailspin right now because the defense that the Friars have been able to lean on for so long now looks frail and inconsistent, and I think that Villanova takes advantage, even in a sandwich spot off of the win against St. John’s before games against UConn and Marquette. Give me the Wildcats here.