Closest to the Pin Round 6 - St. John's

RESULTS: With the Cats eking out a win over St. John's, 73 - 63, we congratulate six players who scored in this round, as follows:

Leader Board (After 6 Rounds)

VUHOOPS vs. VEGAS: A theoretical gambler making two wagers (i.e., betting the spread and total score) based on the insights of the VUHoops Crowd as expressed in the median predicted scores for Villanova and St. John's vs. the posted Vegas line on the game, would have had a PUSH by taking St. John's getting 26.0 points ($100 WIN) and betting the OVER ($100 LOSS). The details are shown below. For the contest through this game, we would be UP $200.

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UPDATE (February 13, Tip-Off) ... Recapped below is the way the VUHoops Crowd sees this one:

• # Reader Predictions: 67
• % Picking Cats to Win: 100%
• $ Raised for Nova Men's Basketball (this game): $335
• $ Raised for Nova Men's Basketball (cumulative): $1,965

Wisdom of VUHoops Crowd's Prediction:

• Spread: Villanova -24.0
• Total Points: 148.0
• Final Score: Nova 86 - St. John's 62

Vegas Prediction

• Spread:  Villanova -26.0
• Total Points:  140.0
• Final Score: Nova 83 - St. John's 57

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Window Opening (February 12, 7:00AM): The window is now open for our readers to post their predicted final scores for Villanova's game vs. St. John's on Wednesday. The official contest rules are posted HERE.

After five rounds, we have 25 players on the leaderboard and an unprecedented 9-way tie for first place, shared among drewnardone, drpainosaurus, jnmurf16, Johnny Burke, johnpaul99, novAbrasion, NovaKG, patqueenan, and Xyznova. The full Leader Board is posted HERE.

The table below provides a head-to-head comparison of the two teams.

Enter your predicted final score in the comments section in the format: NOVA xx, St. John's yy.

The comments will close when the game tips off.  Good luck!