Duke vs Georgetown College Basketball Odds, Picks & Predictions: Two top-10 teams will square off at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC, today when the 8th ranked, (17-3, 5-2) Duke Blue Devils [-2] visit the sports betting odds underdog No.7 ranked, (15-4, 6-3) Georgetown Hoyas [+2]. Tipoff for this incredible Basketball Odds, Picks & Predictions matchup is scheduled for 1:05 PM ET (10:05 AM PT) and the OVER/UNDER for Duke vs. Georgetown is set at a combined total of 142 points scored.
For Hoyas head coach John Thompson, this game should be played later in the year. A classic is always brewing anytime these schools meet on the same court. “Television dictates this out-of-conference series,” Thompson said. “In my perfect world, once the Big East starts, we’re just playing Big East games.” But Thompson has more things to worry about than in what month games should be played. Georgetown is coming off its worst loss of the season, as No.4 Syracuse opened up a can on Monday with a 73-56 performance.
“He says I’m crazy for playing this series,” Thompson (III) said of his fathers’ take on this whole thing. “Is it piling on? To a certain extent, yeah. But at the same time you want to play against the best teams, against the best programs, and they are one of them. At the same time you want to get as many different experiences for your group as you can. And hopefully you can go through that without beating (the players) up too much. Big East play, you’re going to be beat up.”
For the Blue Devils, this game is all about NCAA seeding for the months ahead. Every single player in those locker rooms understands the magnitude of this rivalry. “This is a really big game — Big East, ACC challenge game,” said Jason Clark. “Duke has a reputation for being a really, really good team, so you kind of get motivated a lot more to play this game.”
“We need to go in there like it’s a big-time game, (like in) March,” Jon Scheyer said. “It could be like that, so we just want to try to simulate that and come out with a win.”
