Villanova Wildcats vs Seton Hall Pirates Prediction, 1/1/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Villanova Wildcats vs Seton Hall Pirates

Date: Saturday, January 1, 2022

Location: Prudential Center in Newark, NJ

TV: ESPN+

The Seton Hall Pirates (9-2) are welcoming the Villanova Wildcats (8-4) at Prudential Center on Saturday.

The Villanova Wildcats played Xavier and notched a win by a score of 71-58 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Wildcats ended up walking away with 15 and Xavier accumulated 16 personal fouls. They also made 6 of their 23 attempts from distance. Xavier finished the game at 76.9% when shooting free throws by knocking down 10 of 13 tries. Moreover, Xavier pulled down 27 boards (4 offensive, 23 defensive), but didn't record a block for the team. Xavier dished out 8 assists and had 6 steals in this contest. In the matter of the defense, Villanova allowed 40.4% from the floor on 21 of 52 shooting. They also recorded 13 assists for the game while forcing the opposition into 12 turnovers and earning 8 steals. Concerning grabbing boards, they compiled 29 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the free throw line, the Wildcats made 11 of their 17 tries for a rate of 64.7%. Villanova wrapped up the contest having earned a 49.1% field goal percentage (27 out of 55) and buried 6 out of their 21 three-point attempts.

Eric Dixon is a guy who came through in this game. He finished with 15 points on 6 out of 8 shooting. He played for 31 mins and also snagged 8 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 75.0% from the field and also totaled 1 assist.

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Villanova comes into this contest with a record of 8-4 this season. They lose possession via turnover 8.7 times per contest and as a group are committing 14.8 fouls every game. As a unit, Villanova is pulling in 36.1 rebounds per game and is sitting with 155 assists for the year, which is 209th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Wildcats are shooting 35.8% on three-point shots (123 of 344) and 76.4% from the free throw line. They average 72.5 pts per game (176th in the country) on 42.3% from the floor.

On defense, the Wildcats have forced 13.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.4 fouls. They are currently ranked 121st in Division 1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 136 conceded for the year. The Wildcats defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 41.9% (277 of 661) and they concede 33.7 boards per game as a basketball team. They concede 32.3% on shots from downtown while they are 68th in the country in opponents PPG (62.7).

In their last game, the Seton Hall Pirates took a defeat with a final score of 70-65 against Providence. The Pirates pulled down 27 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 35 for the game. They also coughed it up 7 times, while recording 8 steals for the contest. Providence was called for 12 fouls in this contest which got the Pirates to the charity stripe for a total of 14 shots. They were able to make 9 of those for a percentage of 64.3%. In terms of shots from distance, Seton Hall made 4 of 19 tries (21.1%). When this game wrapped up, the Pirates finished shooting 26 out of 66 from the floor which had them shooting 39.4%. The Pirates permitted Providence to make 25 of 62 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 40.3% in this contest. They finished 35.3% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 6 of 17 and ended up shooting 14 out of 18 from the free throw line (77.8%). When discussing cleaning up the glass, Seton Hall allowed Providence to collect 41 in total (10 on the offensive glass).

Alexis Yetna was important for the Pirates in the matchup. He converted 6 of 13 for the matchup for a field goal rate of 46.2%, and totaled 11 rebounds. He accumulated 13 points in his 38 minutes on the court, but wrapped up this contest with no dimes.

Seton Hall has a record of 9-2 this year. The Pirates are responsible for committing 14.6 fouls per contest and they shoot 74.8% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 11.0 times per game (311th in Division 1) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 10.8 times per contest. Seton Hall has accounted for 866 points on the campaign (78.7 per game) and they grab 40.5 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Pirates are hitting on 45.0% from the floor, which is 150th in the nation.

The Seton Hall defense gives up 26.1% on shots from beyond the arc (53 of 203) and opponents are making 79.7% of their free throw shots. They concede 10.3 dimes and 33.7 total rebounds per game, which is 56th and 141st in D-1. The Pirates on defense are ranked 67th in D-1 in PPG surrendered with 62.6. They are able to force 12.7 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 39.1% from the field (47th in the country).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Villanova

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