It’s the first Tuesday of March of the 2024-25 NCAA Men’s College Basketball season. We have some regular-season action and some conference tournaments are also underway. Does it get any better than March Madness?
I played some Atlantic Sun Men’s Basketball Championship (ASUN) games last night while betting on some Big Sky and Southland Conference basketball last night. I sweated out a Northern Colorado-Weber State game. If you’re not betting Big Sky hoops, you’re not living.
After a solid showing on the college hardwood last Tuesday, let’s keep rolling up some winners and building our bankroll for the NCAA Tournament and beyond.
Here are our best college basketball picks for Tuesday, March 4th’s game Villanova vs. Georgetown.
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Tuesday’s Best College Basketball Picks: Villanova vs. Georgetown
Last Week: 4-2 (66.7%, +178) | Season: 41-33 (55.4%, +506) | Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook | All picks are for 1 unit
Villanova Wildcats (-205) at Georgetown Hoyas (+168) | O/U 142.5 (-115/-105)
The Wildcats (18-12) and the Hoyas (16-13) square off at Capital One Arena for the penultimate Big East conference matchup of the regular season. Tip-off time is 8:00 p.m. ET. You can catch this one on Peacock.
While Villanova is 7-1 SU in the past eight meetings in this series since January 22nd, 2022, that lone loss came on its home floor on January 20th, as the Hoyas scored a 64-63 upset as a 7.5-point underdog. The under (136) cashed in that game, which has been par for the course lately. The under is 4-0 in the past four in this series while going 6-1 in the previous seven meetings. It’s like old-school Big East basketball when these two meet up.
Villanova has been playing its best basketball of the season, making a late push for an NCAA Tournament at-large bid. It has won three in a row, including an impressive 81-66 win over a ranked Marquette team on February 21st at Finneran Pavilion. The Wildcats are 6-2 SU/against the spread (ATS) in the past eight games since February 5th, with the under holding a slight 5-4 edge in February.
For Georgetown, it showed impressive progress under head coach Ed Cooley this season, but, unfortunately, the Hoyas have cooled off a bit lately. Sorry, pun totally intended. There is no Cooley harmony lately, as the team has dropped three in a row, but they’re still here for the cover, going 3-1 ATS in the past four outings. The over is 4-1 in the past five games for Georgetown, too, while going 6-2 across the past eight outings.
Even though Georgetown has cooled off, back ‘Hoya Saxa’ catching the points. We’ll also side with the under since that always seems to be the case when these two square off.
Picks: Georgetown +5.5 (-120) & Under 142.5 Points (-105)
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