The Georgetown Hoyas take on the St. John's Red Storm in New York, NY. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET on Peacock.
St. John's is favored by 16.5 points on the spread with a moneyline of -2800. The total is set at 147.5 points.
Here’s my Georgetown vs. St. John's predictions and college basketball picks for March 3, 2026.
Georgetown vs St. John's Prediction
My Pick: St. John's -15.5 or Better (Stayaway at Current Number)
My Georgetown vs St. John's best bet is on the Red Storm to cover the spread if the number drops. For all of your college basketball bets, be sure to find the best lines by using our live NCAAB odds page.
Georgetown vs. St. John's Odds
| Georgetown Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+16.5 -102 | 147.5 -115 / -105 | +1160 |
| St. John's Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-16.5 -120 | 147.5 -115 / -105 | -2800 |
- Georgetown vs St. John's spread: St. John's -16.5
- Georgetown vs St. John's over/under: 147.5 points
- Georgetown vs St. John's moneyline: Georgetown +1160, St. John's -2800
Georgetown vs St. John's College Basketball Betting Preview
Georgetown Basketball
The Big East slate has been a road of long ups and downs for the Hoyas. Georgetown lost six straight games early in conference play before bouncing back with four straight wins.
That moment of positivity, when Georgetown was a respectable 5-7 in conference, collapsed as the Hoyas have now lost six straight again.
Making matters worse, leading scorer KJ Lewis has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to an ankle injury.
Georgetown limps its way into this game at Madison Square Garden before doing so again in a week for the Big East Tournament.
Without Lewis, the Hoyas will need a major uptick in production from a few role players. In Georgetown's first game without Lewis, those increases came from senior guard Jeremiah Williams and sophomore Kayvaun Mulready.
Williams played a season-high 32 minutes and tossed 10 assists, doubling his previous season-high. Mulready saw a season-high in minutes, adding season-highs in shots, 3-point makes and attempts and points scored, with 19 at Xavier.
Despite those additions, Georgetown allowed Xavier to score 91 points on 1.27 points per possession, losing by seven points. The Hoyas' defense has been an issue all season, now more glaringly so as the offense takes a major hit with Lewis sidelined.
St. John's Basketball
The end of February was a bit of a wild ride for the Johnnies. Rick Pitino and company ripped off 13 straight wins in Big East play, finding their way to the top of the conference standings.
That streak ended last Wednesday when the Red Storm travelled up I-95 to face rival UConn, the other true contender for the Big East crown. UConn dismantled St. John's, winning by 32 points.
The Red Storm had only 40 points on the night, with just 14 of those points coming after halftime. St. John's ended the game missing 24 straight field goal attempts.
In desperate need of a get-right game, St. John's found it in a big way, at Villanova's expense. Saturday night in a packed Madison Square Garden, St. John's won by 32 points. The Johnnies grabbed 11 steals, made more than half their 3-point attempts and got a triple-double (with three blocks) from Zuby Ejiofor.
Those two performances were so disparate that it's hard to believe they were from the same team.
Some of that is shooting luck, some is the difference between UConn (a likely one seed this month) and Villanova (a tournament team, but nothing special), and some is the difference between a true road game and Madison Square Garden magic.
Water will find its level for St. John's, somewhere between those two performances, but more in line with the 13-game winning streak that we saw early in 2026.
The biggest X-factor for St. John's in recent weeks has been senior point guard Dylan Darling.
In the Red Storm's first 21 games, he played 18.4 minutes and scored 6.0 points on 4.1 field goal attempts. In his last six games, Darling is up to 23.2 minutes played, scoring 10.8 points on 7.2 shots per game (which includes a scoreless game in 13 minutes plagued by foul trouble at Marquette).
Darling topped 15 points in three of his last six games, after doing so just once prior. He's added a new element to a St. John's offense that needed some more speed and pace to open up space for other scorers like Ejiofor and Bryce Hopkins.
Georgetown vs. St. John's Betting Analysis
It's not easy to forecast exactly where St. John's will settle after its trick-and-treat performances last week, but it's clear that the Johnnies have plenty of reason to show up in this one.
The Red Storm sit a half-game behind UConn in the Big East standings, tied in the loss column. St. John's can't steal the top seed in the Big East Tournament unless the Huskies slip up next Saturday at Marquette, but the hope of sharing the regular season title remains.
The opposite is true for Georgetown, which stumbled down the stretch and is now forging ahead without its leading scorer.
St. John's should take care of business here, especially on the glass. Pitino has one of the top 30 offensive rebounding teams in the country, and Georgetown struggles in that area. St. John's grabbed 14 offensive boards the first time these teams met, more than 42% of the Red Storm's misses that day.
That should happen again and fuel a Johnnies rout. However, I'll stay away at anything over 15.5. If this number gets bet down, though, I'll be all over it.
My Pick: St. John's -15.5 or Better (Stayaway at Current Number)
