College Hoops Picks: Georgetown Hoyas @ Seton Hall Pirates

Preview

The Georgetown Hoyas (No. 12 AP, No. 14 Coaches, 3-3, 12-5) are coming off of a dismal performance at home where they lost to West Virginia on unforced turnovers and missed three point attempts (they went 2-16 from beyond the arc).

The Hoyas are now on a two-game losing streak for the second time this season—not a stat they should be particularly proud of.

Seton Hall (0-6, 9-9) is yet to win a Big East game this season, which is incredibly disappointing after their exciting November (when they upset a then-ranked USC team). I have been hard on the Pirates on more than a few occasions, most recently against Providence, and they are yet to show me that I shouldn't be.

In their last nine games, they have gone 1-8.

Stats

	Record	Conf	ATS	RPI	SOS	PF	PA
Georgetown	12-5	3-3	6-6	10	1	73.5	62.5
Seton Hall	9-9	0-6	6-5	132	52	77.1	75.2

	FG%	D. FG%	3P%	D. 3P%	FT%	RPG	SPG	APG
Georgetown	48.2	38.7	33.8	31.2	72.1	36.8	8.2	13.9
Seton Hall	44.1	44.0	31.4	33.8	73.2	38.3	8.9	12.6

Prediction

Current Line: Georgetown -7.5

Georgetown ATS: 6-6, 5-4 when favored
Seton Hall ATS: 6-5, 4-3 when underdog

In the Pirates' last two home games, they have taken teams to overtime before succumbing to their tougher Big East brethren. While I thought that they had a lot of potential at the beginning of the season, losses to teams such as IUPUI and James Madison do not bode well for them.

They have been successful against the spread namely because of the large spread normally placed against them. I picked them against Connecticut because the Huskies were giving up 19 points to the Pirates.

As I said above, the Hoyas have struggled in their last two games. They lacked focus against West Virginia and an unfortunate blind technical call against Greg Monroe on the bench changed the tone of the Duke game. I am confident that JT3 will be able to ingrain in the Hoyas minds how important a road win is, especially if they can win big.

Pick: Georgetown -7.5

*All statistics for this article have come from StatSheet.com*

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