Marquette (-2) at Georgetown
Marquette has been playing very well this year with losses to only Indiana, Kansas and St John’s. Markus Howard continues to lead the way for this team, with the Hauser brothers putting up their fair share as well.
Georgetown has been exceeding expectations overall this season, but have been mediocre at best in conference play. They beat Butler and Providence, while losing to St John’s and Xavier.
Whether you want to look at power ratings or at recent trends, they both tend to point in one direction. The average public power rating has Marquette by 5-6 points in this one. Here are the current trends:
Marquette 10-7 ATS overall vs Georgetown 6-10-1 ATS
Marquette 8-5 ATS after a win vs Georgetown 5-5-1 ATS after a win
Marquette 6-6 ATS after 2-3 days rest vs Georgetown 3-6-1 ATS after 2-3 days rest
Take Marquette -2 & ML
Seton Hall vs Providence (-1.5)
This game comes down to a tail of two teams going in different directions. Seton Hall has been playing well this year, where Providence has been disappointing especially in conference games.
The public power ratings are averaging this game as a pick. There’s really only one trend that is useful here as well:
Providence is 4-5 ATS as home favorite vs Seton Hall is 3-1 as a road dog
Take Seton Hall +1.5 & ML
