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Georgetown covered the point spread! (iStock)

Yep, the wife and kid are out of the house and there is no doubt it’s madness. Color me a college kid and pass me another beverage, I love NCAA basketball!

Highly-touted Georgetown entered this year’s tournament as a No. 2 seed, same as it did last season. The Hoyas opened the championship campaign in Raleigh, same as they did last season. Three for three with the opening round win over UMBC.

Although UMBC cut the lead to 10 early in the second half, John Thompson III’s team advanced easily. Recovering from watching the game, on the other hand, might not be so easy.

Patrick Ewing Jr. was 5-5 from the field but Georgetown showed some chinks in the armor against a lesser team, only going 6-14 from the charity stripe.

Yet the Hoyas covered the -17 spread and Roy Hibbert, who led the Hoyas with 13.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game this season finished with 13 points and 7 rebounds.

Georgetown is now 18-1 in its opening round games and moves on to face Stephen Curry and the upstart Davidson Wildcats in the second round.

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