Notre Dame at Georgetown

Notre Dame has surprised all the experts with their 13-1 start. Picked to hover in the middle or bottom of the Big East, the Irish have emerged as a contender in the Big East. They have a signature win, which validated this young season, when they defeated Alabama at home rather soundly. The problem is, this young team has yet to taste life on the road, other than a couple neutral site games, and it will be a rude awakening. Georgetown was supposed to be the ranked team coming into this game, but an early loss to Old Dominion, and then losses to Duke, and Oregon, paved the way to their exit from the top 25. The Hoyas have been under the radar since then. They have since blown out 6 teams in a row, including Oral Roberts, who won at Kansas, and they won at Michigan by 15. The calling card has been a balanced offense, and an intense, in your face defense. Duke shot just 38%, Michigan 36%, and Oregon 39%, and the defense has gotten better! Notre Dame is yet to face the likes of a roaring crowd against them, and when you combine that with a suffocating defense, the pressure on some young, and inexperienced players is magnified. This one looks to us like a double digit Hoya win.