{"id":28012,"date":"2013-03-05T19:37:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T00:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28012"},"modified":"2013-03-05T19:37:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T00:37:25","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-georgetown-hoyas-vs-villanova-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-georgetown-hoyas-vs-villanova-wildcats-28012\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Georgetown Hoyas vs. Villanova Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 5 Georgetown Hoyas at Villanova Wildcats
\nWednesday, 3\/6\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgetown -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Villanova -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 120
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 120
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Georgetown Hoyas are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 conference games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Georgetown has won 13 consecutive games, including a 64-51 victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights as 13.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the posted total of 121.\u00a0 The Hoyas sit alone the top of the Big East Conference standings with a 13-3 record, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr. continues to dazzle on the floor, as he comes off a 28-point performance.\u00a0 Georgetown is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 conference games, while the UNDER is 5-2 in its last seven road games.<\/p>\n

The Hoya defense has held opponents to 37.6 percent shooting from the field, which ranks eighth nationally.\u00a0 Georgetown is also 10th in the country in surrendering just 56.3 points per game.\u00a0 There\u2019s a chance that the program could look past this affair, as it closes the 2012-13 regular season with a home games against Syracuse on Saturday at the Verizon Center.<\/p>\n

Villanova has dropped back-to-back games, including a 73-64 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers as 9.5-point road underdogs Sunday, while going OVER the total in three of its last four contests.\u00a0 The Wildcats are 14-1 this season when sinking six or more triples in a game, while going 4-11 when failing to accomplish that feat.\u00a0 Offensively, three players are averaging double figures, with forward JayVaughn Pinkston leading the way in scoring 12.7 points per game.\u00a0 Villanova is 7-3 in its last 10 home games.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are 12-1 this season when scoring 70 or more points in a game this season, while going 6-11 when failing to hit that number.\u00a0 Villanova has dropped eight of the last nine meetings in this series, including a 67-46 defeat as 10-point road underdogs on Feb. 25, 2012.\u00a0 Pinkston sustained an ankle injury in pre-game warmups that limited him to two minutes of action in that affair.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Hoyas due to their 5-1 ATS mark in the last six meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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No. 5 Georgetown Hoyas at Villanova Wildcats Wednesday, 3\/6\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Georgetown -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Villanova -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 120 Current Total:\u00a0 120 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Georgetown has won 13 consecutive games, including a 64-51 victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights as 13.5-point home favorites last Saturday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,1341,7389,7143,752],"class_list":["post-28012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-georgetown-hoyas","tag-jayvaughn-pinkston","tag-otto-porter-jr","tag-villanova-wildcats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28013,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28012\/revisions\/28013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}