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Will Villanova Make March Madness 2025? Odds of Wildcats’ Men’s Basketball Making The NCAA Tournament
The third season of head coach Kyle Neptune’s reign at Villanova has gotten off a rocky start across Pennsylvania sports betting, with the Big East men’s basketball power sputtering through a 11-7 record, though the Wildcats did earn a 68-66 victory over two-time defending champion UConn last week to bolster their March Madness chances.
Right now, Villanova is ranked 48th in Ken Pomeroy’s latest set of rankings, while ESPN bracket guru Joe Lunardi has the program among his “next four out” of the field of 68, with the Wildcats looking to rebound from a 12-point road loss to St. John’s followed by a 6-point loss to Xavier.
To get a sense of what awaits Villanova as the Big East program looks to snap its current three-year NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament drought, PennStakes.com broke down some hypothetical odds on the Wildcats’ chances of making the field this spring.
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Will Villanova Make March Madness 2025?
| Percentage Chance | Odds |
Yes | 28.6% | +250 |
No | 71.4% | -250 |
Will Villanova Snap March Madness Skid in 2025?
The early returns are not looking promising. That’s because Villanova only has three games left against teams that are currently ranked, with a Jan. 24 road clash against seventh ranked Marquette (and a Feb. 21 rematch in Philly), to go with a road game in Storrs against the Huskies on Feb. 18.
That leaves Villanova with scant opportunities to bolster the team’s tournament résumé in the final month-plus of the sport’s regular season, leaving the Wildcats needing to take care of business against unranked conference foes, which is always easier said than done in the competitive basketball mecca known as the Big East.
Throw in Villanova’s current +3000 odds of winning the Big East on DraftKings Sportsbook PA (ranking sixth out of 11 teams) and you have a pretty good synopsis of the situation that awaits Neptune and his team teh rest of the way.
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