College basketball odds, picks Tuesday
Rick Pitino’s group has a giant sport on faucet Tuesday of their house finale.
St. John’s faces off in opposition to Georgetown in a Big East battle and the Red Storm are large 16.5-point favorites at BetMGM Sportsbook.
The Hoyas haven’t had the strongest season, sitting at 13-16, and are coming off of robust losses to Seton Hall, Marquette and Xavier.
The loss to Marquette was significantly troubling, contemplating St. John’s simply beat them by six factors, whereas the Hoyas misplaced by 16.
But basketball just isn’t linear.
Georgetown vs. St. John’s prediction
The Hoyas misplaced to the Red Storm by 12 factors at house earlier this season, and Pitino’s group is definitely using excessive after their largest Big East win of the season against Villanova.
Could Tuesday’s sport be a spot for a letdown?
Betting on College Basketball?
My mannequin has the Red Storm as 12-point favorites, so there is definitely some vital worth on Georgetown as 16.5-point underdogs.
Perhaps a part of that purpose is that Georgetown is lacking its main scorer, KJ Lewis, who will miss the remainder of the season.
There’s no telling how badly the Hoyas will miss him going ahead, however FTN’s rating system nonetheless has Georgetown rated No. 81 total, close to Butler (76) and Xavier (79), each of whom performed robust video games with St. John’s.
I’ll take a flyer on Georgetown right here as St. John’s hasn’t been favored by this many factors in fairly some time, they usually’re largely a nasty favourite to again as a consequence of their lack of high quality capturing.
If they go chilly, like they did in opposition to UConn final week in Hartford, they will lose to anybody.
But after they’re on, like Saturday in opposition to Villanova, the Johnnies appear able to beating most groups within the nation.
PREDICTION: Georgetown +16.5 (-110, BetMGM)
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