Notre Dame-Georgetown Spread at Hoyas -6
Carrie Stroup here with your Notre Dame-Georgetown spread at Hoyas -6. This game promises to get a ton of betting action. You can find all the latest College Basketball betting odds at Sportsbook.com right here and claim up to $250 in FREE CASH based on your initial deposit. Visit Gambling911.com daily for all the latest College Basketball betting previews and videos.
Sportsbook.com Line & Total: Georgetown -6 & 120.5
Opening Line & Total: Hoyas -6.5 & 118.5
No. 20 Notre Dame and No. 9 Georgetown can each take a big step towards securing the coveted double-bye in the Big East Tournament when the two schools meet in Washington, D.C. on Monday night.
Notre Dame had its school-record nine-game conference winning streak snapped in a surprising 61-58 loss at St. John’s on Saturday—shooting just 12.9 percent (4-for-31) from three-point range. The Fighting Irish are no strangers to road upsets this season though, boasting an impressive 4-1 record (SU and ATS) as a road underdog of 6+ points in Big East play. The Hoyas routed Villanova on Saturday 67-46, bouncing back nicely from a blowout 73-55 loss at Seton Hall earlier in the week. Georgetown has dropped three straight (SU and ATS) to Notre Dame dating back to 2009, and is just 3-5 ATS as a home favorite in conference play this year. Georgetown has a size advantage inside, but so has almost every team the Irish have faced this season. And with a season average of 33.2 percent from three-point range, it is extremely unlikely Notre Dame stays ice cold from downtown for the second game in a row.
The Irish have lived and died by the three all season, and it finally came back to bite them against the Red Storm on Saturday. Notre Dame was led by power forward Jack Cooley (18 points, 11 rebounds) and 6-foot-8 guard Scott Martin (18 points, six rebounds), but received no secondary help from team-leading scorers Jerian Grant (12.7 PPG) and Eric Atkins (12.7 PPG), posting just two and five points, respectively. This game represents the last true test of the regular season for Notre Dame, with conference bottom-feeder Providence scheduled to visit South Bend on Saturday. Like the Hoyas, the Irish enjoy slowing the pace of the game down by taking the shot clock down under 10 seconds and draining timely shots. Georgetown features a more explosive lineup in the frontcourt, but Cooley has scored in double figures in six straight games, including a double-double in five of them.
Projected to finish 10th in the conference this season, Georgetown has been one of the Big East’s biggest surprises. Senior guard Jason Clark (14.5 PPG) and junior forward Hollis Thompson (13.1 PPG, 5.5 RPG) lead the way for the Hoyas on offense. The key matchup in this game will be senior center Henry Sims (11.3 PPG, 5.5 RPG) going up against Cooley. Sims has the size and athleticism to severely limit Cooley on both ends of the floor. If Cooley gets into foul trouble, it will force Notre Dame to rely almost exclusively on jump shots, which is a tough task against John Thompson III’s vaunted defense, which has held opponents to 50 points or less in four of its past five home games.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
