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Closest to the Pin Round 7: St. John’s

It was a sloppy win with lots of turnovers and well less than 40 minutes of Villanova basketball, but a win is a win (particularly when six top-10 teams lost today: Kansas, Baylor, Arizona, West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia). Contestant nynovascott broke the logjam at the top of the leader board and took sole possession of first place. We raised $360 in this round for Villanova Men’s basketball and $2,440 over the first seven rounds.

By Ed Donohue

RESULTS:  With the Cats defeating St. John's 92-79, we congratulate three contestants who earned points in this round, as recapped in the scatter plot and table below.

If you were not awarded points in this round, but want to know how close you came, click HERE.

PLAYERS EARNING POINTS THIS ROUND

Nova

St. John's

PTS

FINAL SCORE

92

79

Player

nynovascott

94

76

3

jwscones

88

77

2

Jdefal01

85

76

2

LEADER BOARD (After 7 Rounds)

Player

Total

nynovascott

5

A35Blaze

3

johnpaul99

3

NovaFlyer

3

pacADAM

3

PokerChris

3

RJG09

3

Steve92

3

Stevie V

3

tpstone

3

Will Schreefer

3

Esteban d'Amur

2

jkolod01

2

jwscones

2

MJPerron

2

notdeep92

2

NovaDave

2

Wildcat19

2

Jdefal01

1

Larry1965

1

Ramon Usategui

1

RJZ8

1

son of 61 alum

1

Terchmil

1

VUHOOPS vs. VEGAS: A hypothetical 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 vs. the posted Vegas line on the game, would have had a SINGLE-WIN by taking St. John's getting 17.5 points ($100 WIN) and NO BET on total points ($0).  The details are shown below. For the contest through this game, the hypothetical gambler would be down $600.

Spread

Total Points

VUHoops

-14.0

148.0

Vegas

-17.5

148.0

Bet

St. John's +17.5

NO BET

Actual

Nova by 13

171

Outcome

WIN

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Payoff

+$100

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UPDATE (February 4, 8:00PM EST Tip-off) ... Recapped below is the way the VUHoops Crowd sees this one so far:

Wisdom of VUHoops Crowd:

  • % Picking Cats to Win: 100%
  • Spread: Villanova -13.5
  • Total Points: 147.5
  • Final Score: Nova 81 - St. John's 67

Vegas Odds Makers:

  • Spread: Villanova - 17.0
  • Total Points: 148.0
  • Final Score: Nova 83 - St. John's 66

Cash Raised for Villanova Basketball:

  • # Predictions: 72
  • $ Raised for Nova Men's Basketball (this game): $360
  • $ Raised for Nova Men's Basketball (cumulative): $2,440

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Window Opening (February 3, 8:00AM): The window is now open for our readers to post their predicted final scores for Villanova's game vs. St. John's on Saturday. The official contest rules are posted HERE.

After six rounds, we have an unprecedented ten-way tie for first place among the following contestants with three points each:  A35Blaze, johnpaul99, NovaFlyer, pacADAM, PokerChris, RJG09, Steve 92, Stevie V, Tpstone and Will Schreefer.

The full Leader Board is posted HERE.

If you did not earn points in the sixth round but want to see how close you came, click HERE to see the results for all contestants who participated in that round.

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

'Nova

St. John's

Record

21-2 (8-2)

11- 13 (5-6)

AP Ranking

#4

NR

RPI

#3

#123

SOS

#13

#37

Avg. Pts. Scored

77.0

77.1

Avg. Pts. Allowed

62.2

75.2

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!

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