Georgetown Hoyas @ Villanova Wildcats NCAA Basketball Free Pick

Georgetown Hoyas @ Villanova Wildcats NCAA Basketball Free Pick: Georgetown and Villanova is always a great game, but it’s even more important now with Georgetown really struggling against top-ranked teams. Villanova took down Syracuse and now they have a chance to oust another Big East power – the Hoyas, well they need to prove they’re still a Big East power. Lots of great players in this one, it will be fun.

The Hoyas are 15-5 and 12-7 ATS, when they win, they cover – but on the road they are just 4-3 this season, already losing games at Notre Dame and St. Johns – two unranked opponents. They’ve been playing better on the road lately, however, beating Rutgers and Seton Hall (covering both) and they laid a beating on St. John’s back on the Georgetown campus on January 26th. Those three wins followed 5 straight ATS losses (and three straight losses straight up). The Hoyas haven’t beaten a ranked team since they got Missouri on a neutral court back on November 30th, losing recently to Pittsburgh and getting beat by West Virginia.

After starting the season with 16 wins in their first 17 games the Wildcats have lost 2 of 3, but that one win came at Syracuse where they beat the Orange by 11 points. Still, sandwiched by losses at Connecticut and Providence has made the latter half of January a tough one for ‘Nova.
Still, at home, with just 5 points to make up, I have to take the Cats. They’ve been great there and the Hoyas haven’t been good on the road.

#20 Georgetown Hoyas @ #7 Villanova Wildcats (-5) (1/29) (ESPN)