Game1: Georgetown Hoyas vs Loyola MD Greyhounds
When: Monday 6:30 PM
Where:Capital One Arena
TV:ESPN+ (Jeremy Huber and Kion Brown)
Radio: Bloomberg 99.1 (Rich Chvotkin), Sirius XM online (Georgetown)
Series: Georgetown leads the overall series 36-7 (22-2 at home).
Last Meeting:Georgetown came away with a 99-75 victory on Dec. 12, 2010.
Streaks:Georgetown has won 5 straight over Loyola and 23 of the last 24 dating back to 1951.
KenPom Rankings: Georgetown 79, Loyola MD 351
KenPom Odds: Georgetown has a 98% win probability, with a predicted score of 87-64.
DraftKings Line:Georgetown -26.5, o/u 152.5 ML -20000
GREYHOUNDS REPORT
Josh Loeffler enters his third season in charge at Loyola with the Greyhounds picked to finish 9th in the 10 team Patriot League. Loyola brings back six players that played significant minutes including starter Sam Springer. Loyola last posted a winning record in 2013.
WHAT'S AT STAKE?They Hoyas are trying to win their fourth straight season opener under Ed Cooley and fifth straight as a program. Cooley will get just one tune-up to look at his new additions – Jaland Lowe, Vyctorious Miller, Josiah Parker, Chol Machot, Elmarko Jackson – in official game action before the big local clash with Maryland on Saturday night.
Caleb Williams (8.8 ppg) and Kayvaun Muldready (5.4) return as the elder statesmen. Big man Vince Iwuchukwu (11.8) looks to be eligible as the season begins after a very uncertain offseason in that department.
