College Hoops Picks Feb. 7, 2009: Cincinnati Bearcats @ Georgetown Hoyas

Cincinnati Bearcats (5-5, 15-8) at Georgetown Hoyas (4-6, 13-8)

Saturday, Feb. 7—12:00 PM EST

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Preview

Redemption.

That is all the Hoyas (5-5, 15-8) are thinking about when they host the Bearcats (4-6, 13-8) on Saturday. When they last met at the end of January, Cincinnati upset Georgetown 65-57 in Ohio.

But this is a new month, which the Georgetown faithful hope actually means something. After going 2-7 in January, the Hoyas were glad to start February off with a 10-point win over Rutgers.

But the Bearcats are a much better team than the Scarlet Knights—for starters they have more than one Big East win. In their five wins, they have played a big part in the collapse of two strong Big East schools—they defeated Georgetown by eight and Notre Dame by 10.

However, both of those wins came on their home court. The Bearcats have only traveled to the Verizon center three times, and all three trips have been unsuccessful. In fact, their win in January was the first time they ever beat Georgetown. Will they be able to make it a clean sweep this year, or will the Hoyas bounce back and stay strong at home?

By The Numbers

	Record	Conf	ATS	RPI	SOS	PF	PA
Cincinnati	15-8	5-5	6-9	57	25	70.1	64.8
Georgetown	13-8	4-6	6-10	21	2	71.7	63.5

	FG%	D. FG%	3P%	D. 3P%	FT%	RPG	SPG	APG	TPG
Cincinnati	42.1	40.9	33.5	32.4	68.5	42.8	6.2	14.6	14.2
Georgetown	47.2	39.8	33.5	31.6	72.1	36.7	8.2	14.0	14.0

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Prediction

Current Line: Georgetown -11.0

To see Ryan's prediction, please head over to CBBPlace.com!

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