Big East Tournament game from MSG. Larry Hartstein beat me to the punch on this game by a few minutes, but I completely agree with his rationale. Villanova's national title hopes ended when senior guard and three-year starter Collin Gillespie, one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, suffered a season-ending knee injury on March 3 vs. Creighton, and then backcourt mate Justin Moore suffered a severe ankle sprain in the regular-season finale vs. Providence and won't play here barring a miracle. Combined, those two average 26.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.6 assists. If I had any guts, I'd take Georgetown on the moneyline here as an upset would not surprise at all. The Hoyas are 7-3 ATS in their past 10 as dogs.

In their past seven games, the Hoyas have gone 5-2 with both losses coming to UConn. After beating Marquette by 19 on Wednesday, they face a Villanova team that will be missing point guard Collin Gillespie and likely also missing guard Justin Moore (12.7 ppg). Without Gillespie and with Moore limited to 12 minutes at Providence in the regular-season finale, the Wildcats lost 54-52. Back Georgetown.