Closest to the Pin Round 8: Georgetown

RESULTS:  With the Cats defeating Georgetown 75-64, we congratulate five contestants who earned points in this round, including our first hole-in-one of the season, as recapped in the scatter plot and table below.

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

PLAYERS EARNING POINTS THIS ROUND

	Nova	Georgetown	PTS
FINAL SCORE	75	64
Player
Thhe Shakes	75	64	6 *
McMohanski	76	64	2
RJG09	76	63	1
Rogmcc23	74	65	1
Sweetness and Light	76	65	1

* Hole in One

LEADER BOARD (After 8 Rounds)

Player	Total
ThheShakes	6
nynovascott	5
RJG09	4
A35Blaze	3
johnpaul99	3
NovaFlyer	3
pacADAM	3
PokerChris	3
Steve92	3
Stevie V	3
tpstone	3
Will Schreefer	3
Esteban d'Amur	2
jkolod01	2
jwscones	2
McMohanski	2
MJPerron	2
notdeep92	2
NovaDave	2
Wildcat19	2
Jdefal01	1
Larry1965	1
Ramon Usategui	1
RJZ8	1
Rogmcc23	1
son of 61 alum	1
Sweetness and Light	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 PUSH by taking GEORGETOWN PLUS 15.0 points ($100 WIN) and the OVER ($100 LOSS).  The details are shown below. For the contest through this game, the hypothetical gambler would be down $600.

	Spread	Total Points
VUHoops	-14.5	147.0
Vegas	-15.0	141.5
Bet	Georgetown +15.0	OVER
Actual	Nova by 11	139
Outcome	WIN	LOSS
Payoff	+$100	-$100

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UPDATE (February 7, 7:00PM Tip-off) ... Recapped below is the way the VUHoops Crowd sees this one:

Wisdom of VUHoops Crowd:

• % Picking Cats to Win: 99%
• Spread: Villanova -15.0
• Total Points: 147.0
• Final Score: Nova 81 - Georgetown 66

• Spread: Villanova -14.5
• Total Points: 141.5
• Final Score: Nova 78 - Georgetown 64
  

Cash Raised for Villanova Basketball:

• # Predictions: 71
• $ Raised for Nova Men's Basketball (this game): $355
• $ Raised for Nova Men's Basketball (cumulative): $2,795
  

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Window Opening (February 6, 8:00AM): The window is now open for our readers to post their predicted final scores for Villanova's game vs. Georgetown on Tuesday. The official contest rules are posted HERE.

The seventh round turned out to be "moving day," as nynovascott broke the logjam at the top of the leaderboard by reaching the five point mark, following up on his second place finish in the Providence game with a first place finish against St. John's.

It's still anyone's contest with three rounds to go and ten players who are only two points behind.  Even if you have no points so far (including yours truly), a hole-in-one would be enough to leapfrog everyone for first place.  Just ask "The Arch," last year's champion, who earned six points on a hole-in-one in the 8th round, which was just enough to eek out a first place finish over last year's runner up, NovaFlyer.

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	Georgetown
Record	22-2 (9-2)	13-11 (4-7)
AP Ranking	#4	NR
RPI	#2	#67
SOS	#18	#22
Avg. Pts. Scored / Rank	77.6 pts. (#63)	76.0 pts. (#102)
Avg. Pts. Allowed / Rank	62.2 pts. (#16)	71.5 pts. (#143)

Enter your predicted final score in the comments section (use the subject line) in the format: NOVA xx, Georgetown yy.

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