Georgetown Vs. Marquette 3/12/10

Georgetown faces off against Marquette in Big East Semi-Final number one.

Georgetown Hoyas (22-9) vs Marquette Golden Eagles (22-10)

Big East Tournament Madison Square Garden  New York, NY

College Basketball: Thursday March 12, 2010 7 PM EST

The Line: Marquette + 3

It's two surprise participants in the first Big East Tournament semi-final of the night as Georgetown faces Marquette.

Marquette makes it to the Big East semi Final by winning a thriller against Villanova in a game that will define the college career of Lazar Hayward and place him along with Dwayne Wade and others as some of the top players to ever wear the Marquette uniform. Hayward scored 20 points but it was his clutch play and seemingly always being in the right place at the right time that stifled the Cats. The four point win was actually a little more breathing room than what the Golden Eagles are accustomed to as they seem to involved in more tight games and overtime games than anyone. Marquette is 11-2 in their last 13 games and they did defeat Georgetown in their only meeting this year. The Golden eagles average 73.4 points per game as they shoot 45.6 percent from the field but they are 300th in offensive rebounding. Defensively teams shoot 44.4 percent from the field which is but Marquette gets away with it by pounding the defensive boards and they hold teams to just 63.7 points per game. This a very gritty team that can hang with anyone.

Georgetown got to this game by upsetting number one seed and conference champion Syracuse avenging two losses to the Orange during the season. The Hoyas never wavered down the stretch and win by seven.  Georgetown had played the toughest schedule in the country and it has come in handy in tournament play. The Hoyas have averaged 73.5 points per game as they are 4th in the country in shooting percentage at 49.9percent from te floor. Defesnivley the Hoyas pound the boards as they are 24th in the country in defensive rebounding and they allow just 65.5 points a game. Georgetown obviously doesn't back down from anyone.

Marquette is 11-3-1 against the spread in their last 15 games against a team with a winning record and 3-1-1 against the spread following a straight up win. Georgetown is 4-0 against the spread in their last four neutral site games but 9-25-1 in their last 35 games following a cover.

I'm not sure who wins this one as it looks like a coin flip in which case the points are golden.

Mitch's Pick: Marquette + 3

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