Villanova Looks to Dominate Georgetown in Big East Matchup
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00:03 Villanova enters tonight just 13 and 11.
00:07 They are six and seven in Big East play.
00:11 The Cats are on the road in the nation's capital against Georgetown,
00:14 who is just one and 12 in Big East action.
00:18 And they have lost nine straight games.
00:20 Ed Cooley in year number one, a lot to do,
00:23 a lot to fix, a large undertaking for the Hoyas.
00:27 Tonight, Donnie Villanova, a nine and a half point favorite against the Hoyas.
00:32 >> Yeah, if you wanna make a march towards March Madness,
00:35 which Villanova gonna be on the cusp of doing so here,
00:37 you gotta start winning some basketball games,
00:39 which includes beating easy opponents like the Georgetown Hoyas.
00:42 The one thing that we do know is we're talking over the break.
00:45 And when I was growing up, like Hoya Paranoia in the 1980s with Patrick Ewing,
00:48 Alonzo Morning, Takembe Mutombo, Big John Thompson.
00:52 They were so much fun to watch on the court here in the old Big East.
00:55 I would like to see a return to that.
00:56 Maybe Ed Cooley is the guy to do that, but certainly not this year, Ben.
00:59 11 teams in Big East play this year.
01:02 They're just about 10th or 11th in every single category, and rightfully so.
01:05 Offensive efficiency here, 10th overall defensive efficiency, 10th overall.
01:10 It's a team that turns the basketball over too much on offense,
01:12 doesn't shoot great from the three point line inside the arc,
01:15 doesn't do anything well.
01:16 So from my money here in this game tonight,
01:18 I do think Villanova wins this basketball game.
01:20 And I think there's a legitimate chance they can win this game by double digits,
01:23 even though they haven't been playing great basketball by any stretch
01:26 of the season.
01:27 This feels like a get right game for the Villanova Wildcats,
01:30 and it just comes down to this.
01:31 Georgetown is so bad here.
01:33 I'm not going to pick them just to see if they can hang around,
01:35 because I don't think there's any chance Georgetown wins this game,
01:38 so I can't back them here, even as an underdog.
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