GAME THREAD: Georgetown at WVU

It’s the Big 12 – Big East Battle on a Country Road!

Game 9: Georgetown Hoyas (7-1) at West Virginia Mountaineers (5-2)

When: Friday 7 PM

Where: West Virginia Coliseum

TV: ESPN2 (Chuckie Kempf and Jon Crispin)

Radio: The Team 980, Sirius XM App (Rich Chvotkin, 51st season!)

Series: Hoyas lead 27-26 (8-15 away)

Last Meeting: WVU won 80-71 at McDonough on Dec. 6, 2020.

Streaks: WVU W1.

KenPom Rankings: WVU 60, Georgetown 85

KenPom Projection: WVU wins 75-67 with a 76% win probability.

DraftKings Line: Hoyas +8.5, o/u 143, Georgetown ML +310

NOTES

This is the first of two straight road games against former Big East foes. The Hoyas travel to Syracuse next Saturday.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

Georgetown: Respect. The 7-1 record looks nice but it’s based on a lot of empty calories. It’s been about three weeks since the Notre Dame loss and now the Hoyas get their second shot at a major conference opponent. Did Ed Cooley’s scheduling strategy work? We’ll see tonight if his team can be competitive after not showing well at all in that loss to the Irish. While a win isn’t completely necessary to see growth, keeping it close would certainly go a long way for everyone involved.

WVU: The Mountaineers had a great week in the Bahamas with two wins over ranked Gonzaga and Arizona. All three of their games went to OT. New coach Darian DeVries wants to keep the momentum going as this is his team’s last true test before conference play.

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