Villanova Wildcats vs BYU Cougars Prediction, 11/3/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Villanova Wildcats vs BYU Cougars

Date: Monday, November 3, 2025

Location: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV

TV: TNT

The Villanova Wildcats (21-15 last year) are en route to T-Mobile Arena on Monday where they will take on the BYU Cougars (26-10 last season).

The Villanova Wildcats played UCF and took a loss by a final of 104-98 in their last contest. When talking about fouls, the Wildcats finished with 27 while UCF totaled 24 fouls. They buried 15 of their 35 tries from 3-point land. UCF went 72.5% from the charity stripe by burying 29 of 40 attempts. Furthermore, UCF grabbed 35 rebounds (11 offensive, 24 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. UCF doled out 14 assists and had 2 steals for the game. In relation to defending, Villanova let their opponent shoot 47.6% from the floor on 30 of 63 shooting. They also distributed 12 dimes in this matchup in addition to forcing the other team into 7 turnovers and having 4 steals. Pertaining to pulling down boards, they compiled 40 with 13 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Wildcats made 32 of 37 shots for a percentage of 86.5%. Villanova wrapped up the game with a 40.3% FG percentage (29 of 72) and knocked down 8 out of their 31 three-point shots.

Wooga Poplar is one guy who was a major factor in this matchup. He totaled 32 points on 9 of 22 shooting. He saw the court for 41 minutes played and also snagged 11 rebounds. He finished the game shooting 40.9% from the floor and recorded 3 assists.

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Villanova heads into this one after finishing with a record of 21-15 last season. They lost possession via turnover 9.8 times per contest and as a unit committed 15.7 fouls on a nightly basis. As a group, Villanova snagged 34.2 boards per contest and had 448 dimes throughout last year, which was 176th in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. The Wildcats shot 39.0% on shots from distance (344 of 881) and 79.6% from the free throw line. They averaged 74.0 pts per game (170th in the country) while going 46.0% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Wildcats were able to force 10.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 15.3 fouls. They gave up 34.5% on three-point shots while they were 60th in the country in PPG allowed (68.2). The Wildcats defensively allowed a shooting percentage of 43.2% (860 of 1,993) and they relinquished 31.4 rebounds per game as a group. They were 344th in the nation in giving up assists to their opponents with 514 surrendered throughout last season.

The last time they took the court, the BYU Cougars took a loss by a final score of 113-88 against Alabama. The Cougars were able to corral 21 defensive boards and 12 offensive rebounds for a total of 33 for the game. They gave up possession 11 times, while earning 10 steals for the game. Alabama was called for 22 fouls for this game which got the Cougars to the charity stripe for 20 attempts. They were able to make 16 of the free throw tries for a rate of 80.0%. Pertaining to 3-point attempts, BYU made 6 of their 30 attempts (20.0%). In all, the Cougars finished shooting 33 for 72 from the floor which gave them a rate of 45.8%. The Cougars allowed Alabama to make 35 of their 66 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 53.0% in this matchup. They went 49.0% from 3-point land by going 25 of 51 and finished the contest at 18 of 21 from the free throw line (85.7%). When talking about team rebounding, BYU allowed Alabama to collect 35 in total (10 on the offensive glass).

Richie Saunders ended up being a major contributor for the Cougars for the contest. He converted 10 of 14 for this contest for a field goal rate of 71.4%, and had 6 rebounds. He earned 25 points in his 33 mins of playing time and had 2 dimes in the game.

BYU had a mark of 26-10 last year. The Cougars committed 16.3 personal fouls every game and they shot 71.3% from the charity stripe. They earned an assist 17.3 times per contest (10th in the country) and they lost possession via turnover 12.1 times per game. BYU accounted for 2,931 points last season (81.4 per contest) and they grabbed 37.6 boards per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Cougars hit 48.2% from the field, which ranked them 25th in the country.

The BYU defense surrendered 35.7% on shots from 3-point land (348 of 975) and their opponents knocked down 71.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They conceded 13.4 dimes and 31.7 total rebounds per game, which was ranked 201st and 32nd in Division 1. The Cougars defensively were ranked 199th in college in points allowed per contest with 72.6. They forced 11.7 turnovers per game and allowed teams to shoot 43.1% from the floor (131st in college).

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take BYU

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