College Basketball Picks: Georgetown Hoyas vs Marquette Golden Eagles

Friday, 29 February 2008

In a huge Big East College Basketball Picks matchup the Georgetown Hoyas take to the road and visit the Marquette Golden Eagles. Georgetown comes into the contest ranked 11^th at 23-4 SU overall and are currently tied with Louisville for the top spot in the Big East at 13-3 SU. The Hoyas who will be looking for their second straight trip to the Final Four this year, are going after their fourth consecutive win and are coming off a 64-52 victory Wednesday against St. John's. DaJuan Summers hit five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points for Georgetown, which has suffered all four of its losses on the road. Georgetown has a stifling defense allowing opponents to shoot only 36.3 percent from the floor and average 57.1 points. The key in for Georgetown in this one will be to keep the Golden Eagles from exceeding 36% since in all four of the Hoyas’ losses opponents have shot at least 41.1%. Georgetown will also have a decided size advantage with Hibbert and the 6-8 Summers. With all of Georgetown’s losses coming on the road the odds makers have taken notice at BookMaker.com as they are listed as a +3 point road underdog.

The Marquette Golden Eagles come into this College Basketball Picks contest looking to claim one of the byes given to the top four Big East teams for the conference tournament as they are currently 11-5 SU in the Conference. Marquette has been hot as well as they will be going for their sixth straight victory after beating Villanova 85-75 back on Monday. Dominic James matched a season high with 25 points and had a career-best six steals in that game. Part of their success during the winning streak has been their defense as they have 51 steals and have forced 101 turnovers in those games. They also have limited opponents to shoot only 22.8% from beyond the arc and will need a repeat of that performance as the Hoyas are third in the Big East in 3-point shooting hitting 37.0%. Another key for the Golden Eagles will be to control the boards who has a plus 1.5 differential per game for the season since in their six losses on the season they have been outrebounded by more than six per game.

Although all of the Hoyas losses have come on the road this season they might not be the team to fade today as they are 13-3 ATS in road games after 3 straight wins by 10 points or more since 1997. However, if Marquette’s offensive run recently bodes well for a Golden Eagle victory as they are 22-10 ATS after scoring 85 points or more since 1997.

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