Villanova, Pa. — Almost everything you needed to know about Georgetown’s annual trip to play at No. 10 Villanova could have probably be summed up by how Vegas weighed in on the matter.
In a Big East game between the longtime rivals that will be forever linked in history through the 1985 title game, Patrick Ewing’s Hoyas opened up as 20 point dogs. Like most lines, it’s basically just what KenPom had to say on the meeting and it told a story of two very different programs at the moment.
But still, TWENTY POINTS?
I guess that’s what happens when you go on the road as losers of 15 straight and planted at the bottom of the league standings, winless at 0-14 and just 6-19 overall while your conference peer has realistic goals of making another Final Four.