UCONN vs. Georgetown pregame thread

[SundayTiger]

Uconn -6

Ive had this game circled for weeks. Uconn should kill gtown. Im on my blackberry so i dont have time for a detail analysis till tomorrow morning. A couple quick things. Gtown is not the 9th best team in the county. They have not played a true road game yet. They have been consistently out rebounded by mid-majors at home all season. ill have more in the morning, but take uconn -6 right now before line moves at all.

 

[MikeyLo]

Leaning UConn myself. Also, might make a play on the under if the line is right. Anyone seen a line on the total?

 

[krk1030]

Uconn wins this by DD.

I dont think the linesmakers give them enough respect. They are the 2nd best team in the country.

 

[billhill999]

Huskies all day.
UCONN is the best team in the nation not named North Carolina.

 

[CtGuy441]

Huskies all day.
UCONN is the best team in the nation not named North Carolina.

that may be... but there will be times to bet against them... and they won't be heading into tourny undefeated

game is in hartford....not on campus... UC lost to providence last year in hartford.... something to note, not the same atmosphere

 

[Mr.Cover123]

GTown for me. Should be a close game.

 

[papicker]

i like uconn too, georgetown will be about 10-8 in the big east this year way overrated.

 

[inthegame07]

UCONN wins by 9-11 pts.

BOL

 

[SundayTiger]

I have watched all of the gtown games this season and am a season ticket holder. They are going to have trouble rebounding in this game tonight. Look at the rebounding stats for all their games.

Gtown vs. Jacksonville 35-41 (17 offensive)
Gtown vs. Drexel 32-27 (10 offensive)
Gtown vs. Witchta State (@ Orlando) 27-36 (15 offensive)
Gtown vs. Tenn (@ Orlando) 24-31 (12 offensive)
Gtown vs. Maryland (@ Orlando) 35-24 (12 offensive)
Gtown vs. American 21-25 (13 offensive)
Gtown vs. Savannah St. 43-16 (10 offensive)
Gtown vs. Memphis 35-46 (20 offensive)
Gtown vs. Mt, Saint Marys 38-39 (15 offensive)
Gtown vs. Floirda International 37-23 (6 offensive)

Gtown is going to struggle against UCONN size inside. Look at the rebounding margin in the Memphis game, (46-35 advantage Memphis & 20 offensive rebounds for Memphis), UCONN has similar athleticism, if not more.

Gtown only has one legit big man in Greg Monroe. Monroe is good, but he has not played on the road in this type of enviroment yet. If he gets in foul trouble they will bring in Julian Vaughn (soph transfer from FSU), who barely played in the games that mattered to Gtown. He has averaged 11.8 minutes a game, but that is misleading because in the games against Witchia St., Tennessee, and Memphis, he has only played 10, 8, 3.

JTIII has a very short bench, outside on Jason Clark, JTIII really only plays Wattad and Vaughn when he is forced too. JTIII tried playing these two plus Henry Sims in non-conference cupcake games, and JTIII could only get quality minutes out of Wattad and Clark of the bench.

Monroe is the only real rebounding presence they have in this game and he is only averageing 5.6 rebounds a game. I expect UCONN to be aggressive and take it at Monroe, and get him in foul trouble. If Monroe goes down with foul trouble Gtown will have serious trouble defending inside and rebounding.

My brother is close friends with a player on Gtown that sees significant minutes. He was over the house for Christmas and I asked him about this game point blank. He did not sound too confident in himself and the team traveling to up north to take on UCONN. The kid obviously is not going to say were going to lose that game, he is a competitor, but he admitted that this was going to the be toughest game that he expects on the schedule this season.

I believe UCONN wins this game by double digits 74-62 range. In the end Gtown will give UCONN too many 2nd chance oppurtunitys and get themselves into foul trouble. Thabeet and Adrien are going to be too tough inside for Monrore and Summers.

BOL

 

[woodypaige]

I couldn't agree more. GT will have their hands full inside
UConn wins by 10 or more at home

 

[balls2thawall]

Georgetown

 

[2PLAYSMAX]

Uconn still sleep.

 

[oldirtyku]

Monroe is the best freshman in the country...

Lets goooo...

 

[03Cobrasvt]

uconn needs to wake up, they cant get a rebound to save there life, and georgetown is making them look silly.....i pounded Uconn -6 for the second half, Calhoun will wake them up, the guys a nutcase

 

[curinator]

I missed getting a wager in prior to the game and was thinking uconn too. Gives me more of an opportunity now with the 2H line, pounded it as well.

 

[03Cobrasvt]

refs are calling everything on Uconn.......come onnn

 

[krk1030]

This is a joke. If georgetown gets within 5 feet of the rim they blow a whistle.

 

[oldirtyku]

No real reason to complain about refs

Gtown has 7 FTA while uconn has 15...

Gtown best player is in foul trouble on a BS second foul on a clean block...

 

[03Cobrasvt]

uconn is playing like shit....

 

[Mr.Cover123]

Wasn't expecting an outright win, but expected it close. GTown has one of the best defenses in the country and Monroe is a beast. 7 points was a gift.