GAME THREAD: Georgetown at Xavier

Game 29: Georgetown Hoyas (13-15, 5-12) at Xavier Musketeers (13-15, 5-12)

When: Saturday Feb 28, 1:30 PM

Where: Cintas Center

TV: TNT and truTV (J.B. Long and Chris Spatola)

Radio: Team 980 AM (Rich Chvotkin), Sirius XM online (Hoyas), 388 (Xavier)

Series: Xavier leads 23-7 and has won 12 of 13 all-time meetings at home.

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Last Meeting: Xavier won the first meeting this season 80-77 on Dec. 20.

Streaks: Xavier has won two in a row overall and eight straight at home vs Georgetown

Net Rankings: Xavier 98, Georgetown 99

KenPom Rankings: Georgetown 87, Xavier 97

KenPom Odds: Xavier has a 60% chance of winning, with a projected score of 78-76.

Line: Xavier -4.5, o/u 153.5 (Fox)

The Musketeers Report: Richard Pitino has done a pretty good job in his first season considering that the entire roster is new. Full disclosure, I picked Xavier last in my preseason ballot for the Omaha Herald conference preview. Tre Carroll leads the conference in scoring at 18.4 ppg while Filip Borovicanin comes in as the fourth leading rebounder in the league at 7.8 per game and fifth in the Big East with 4.5 assists per game, just ahead of the Malik Mack (4.2). Georgetown is the only sweep Xavier can still earn in Richard Pitino’s first season. Xavier’s best wins are non-conference victories over our old Big East friends West Virginia and Cincinnati.

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Injury Update: On Thursday Georgetown announced that leading scorer KJ Lewis (14.9 ppg) would miss the remainder of the season with a left ankle injury. Lewis has one more year of college eligibility remaining. Jeremiah Williams or Isaiah Abraham seem most likely to slide into the starting lineup with Lewis unavailable.

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

Oh just the chance to end another long, losing conference losing streak against a conference foe on the road and possibly avoiding last place in the Big East is all.

The Hoyas get another chance at ending an eight-game losing streak in another opponent’s gym. Earlier this season the Hoyas…

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