NCAA Tournament First Round: (5) Colorado (22-8) vs (12) Georgetown (13-12) prediction and college basketball game preview.
Colorado vs Georgetown Broadcast
Date: Saturday, March 20
Game Time: 12:15 pm ET
Venue: Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Network: CBS
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Colorado vs Georgetown Game Preview
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Why Georgetown Will Win
Was that a fluke or was it a case of a team rising up and rocking at the right time?
The Hoyas were miserable during the middle of the season – going on an ugly 2-7 run – but everything started to kick in late in February. A 6-1 finish with a Big East championship was enough to launch Patrick Ewing’s team into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015.
It’s a Ewing-coached Georgetown team, so of course it’s amazing on the boards. It’s a big team that dominates the glass on both ends. The shooting inside is good enough, and when the gunners are on from the outside, it’s a deadly mix.
Colorado doesn’t have the inside presence to hang if the Hoyas start banging with its size up front, but …
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Why Colorado Will Win
This is a painfully inconsistent three-point shooting Georgetown team.
Colorado didn’t have too many problems slowing down the three – it led the Pac-12 in made threes – with even the bombers in the conference struggling from the outside. The Buffs split their games with Oregon and went 2-1 against Cal – three pointers weren’t the issue.
Georgetown doesn’t have to hit threes to win, but it’s 5-9 when making fewer than 40% of its threes, and Colorado only allowed teams to connect on 40% or more seven times in 30 games.
The Buffs are fantastic on the foul line, they don’t turn the ball over, and they’re a whole lot steadier and consistent.
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What’s Going To Happen
Georgetown will be the fun and sentimental choice to root for because of Ewing and the history of the program, but Colorado is a whole lot steadier.
The Buffs will get enough from the defense to make up for a few problems here and there on the boards. They’ll give up enough second chance points to matter, but they’ll make up for it with a several points in transition off of Hoya mistakes.
Colorado vs Georgetown Prediction, Line
Colorado 70, Georgetown 66
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Line: Colorado -5.5, o/u: 136.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Must See Rating: 3.5
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