Nothing like a bad beat on a Sunday morning. While bettors wait anxiously for Super Bowl 53 to kick off, the anxiety kicked in early for Georgetown and Purdue bettors with two last-second gambling cringes featuring top-25 teams. ## Late Georgetown foul gifts cover to No. 14 Villanova For 32 minutes, everything was going right for those who had Georgetown (14-8 straight up, 8-14-1 ATS) at +11.5 at No. 14 Villanova (18-4 SU, 16-7 ATS). Of course it couldn't last. Tied at 53-53 with 7:27 left, the Wildcats ripped off a 16-2 run to effectively bury any hopes of a Hoya win. Georgetown cut it to single digits in the final minute, but the defending champions always had an answer. It crescendoed in the final 20 seconds. Greg Malinowski missed a Hoya three-pointer and Villanova grabbed the rebound, mere seconds from victory and a smooth Georgetown cover. But that wasn't good enough for guard Jagan Mosely, who fouled Collin Gillespie to the chagrin of Hoya backers everywhere. <a href="https://twitter.com/JFrankHanrahan/status/1092137990925832193?s=19" class="embedly-card" data-card-width="100%" data-card-controls="0">Embedded content: https://twitter.com/JFrankHanrahan/status/1092137990925832193?s=19</a> Unsurprisingly, Gillespie sank both free throws for a [77-65 win](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=401083284), the Wildcats' sixth straight victory against the spread. ## Meaningless layup rewards Minnesota bettors From an outsider's view, Minnesota (16-6 SU, 12-11 ATS) deserved to cover the 11.5-point line that most books shopped ahead of Sunday's road test at No. 17 Purdue (16-6 SU, 13-10 ATS). Still, that's little consolation to Boilermaker backers who watched their team storm back from a 13-point deficit only to cede an irrelevant bucket with eight seconds left to break the hearts of those laying points on Purdue. Down early in the second half, the Gophers broke the game open with a 19-5 run to take a 47-34 lead with 14:05 left, and they looked well on their way to winning outright as hefty underdogs. __$10K up for grabs:__ [Play our free-to-enter Super Bowl contest](https://betchicago.chalkline.com/games/10k-big-game-blitz) That's when Purdue turned it on, scoring 11 straight to tie it and adding a 13-4 run to break things open. Minnesota came within five with 2:30 left, but the Boilermakers charged ahead yet again to build a 12-point lead in front of their home crowd. You know how this ends. On the game's final possession, with no implications whatsoever, Amir Coffey drove to the paint and converted a layup with eight seconds left. Purdue held the ball to bleed the final seconds of a [73-63 win](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=401082506). Ten-point game. Game over. Minnesota covers. Purdue bettors cry. MORE: [Daily college basketball betting coverage](https://www.betchicago.com/ncaa-basketball-betting)