Miami Hurricanes vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Prediction, 1/29/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Hurricanes vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Date: Saturday, January 29, 2022

Location: McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, GA

TV: ACCNX

The Miami Hurricanes (15-5) are en route to McCamish Pavilion on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-10).

The Miami Hurricanes played Virginia Tech and notched a win by a score of 78-75 in their last game. In reference to personal fouls, the Hurricanes walked away with 13 and Virginia Tech totaled 9 personal fouls. They also converted 13 of 26 shots from 3-point range. Virginia Tech ended up going 80.0% from the charity stripe by making 12 of their 15 shots. On top of that, Virginia Tech collected 25 boards (8 offensive, 17 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Virginia Tech earned 20 dimes and had 2 steals for the game. In reference to defense, Miami allowed the other team to go 50.0% from the floor on 25 out of 50 shooting. They also recorded 13 assists in this contest while forcing 14 turnovers and getting 10 steals. Pertaining to pulling down rebounds, they collected a total of 19 with 4 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Hurricanes knocked down 9 of 10 tries for a rate of 90.0%. Miami finished the game with a 54.7% FG percentage (29 of 53) and knocked down 11 of 18 3-point attempts.

Jordan Miller is a player who had an impact in the game. He walked away from this one shooting 77.8% from the field and dished out 2 assists. He played for 32 mins played and also snagged 7 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting.

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Miami heads into this game with a record of 15-5 on the year. They turn it over 9.4 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 15.2 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Miami is snagging 30.7 rebounds per game and has 262 dimes so far this season, which has them ranked 143rd in D-1 in terms of passing. The Hurricanes are shooting 36.8% on 3-pointers (154 of 419) and 74.5% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 76.0 pts per contest (82nd in Division 1) while going 47.0% from the field.

On defense, the Hurricanes are forcing their opponents into 14.0 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 16.2 fouls. They are relinquishing 36.2% on 3-point shots while they are 265th in college hoops in PPG allowed (71.9). The Hurricanes defense is allowing a FG percentage of 45.4% (529 of 1,165) and they relinquish 35.8 boards per contest as a unit. They are ranked 342nd in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 307 surrendered this season.

The last time they took the court, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets walked away with a victory by a final of 75-61 when they faced Florida State. The Yellow Jackets recorded 21 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 for this game. They turned it over 8 times, while getting 13 steals for the contest. Florida State committed 16 fouls in the matchup which took the Yellow Jackets to the charity stripe for 24 shots. They were able to convert 17 of the free throw tries for a clip of 70.8%. Pertaining to shots from distance, Georgia Tech buried 10 of 27 attempts (37.0%). When the final whistle blew, the Yellow Jackets went 24 out of 54 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.4%. The Yellow Jackets permitted Florida State to make 22 of their 54 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 40.7% for this contest. They finished 41.2% from distance by going 7 of 17 and ended up shooting 10 out of 16 from the free throw line (62.5%). Regarding how they rebounded, Georgia Tech permitted Florida State to snag 31 overall (10 offensive).

Jordan Usher pitched in for the Yellow Jackets in the matchup. He tallied 19 points in his 38 mins of playing time and accounted for 5 dimes in the game. He converted 6 of 14 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 42.9%, and accounted for 8 rebounds.

Georgia Tech has a win-loss record of 9-10 this year. As an offensive unit, the Yellow Jackets are connecting on 44.4% from the floor, which ranks them 174th in D-1. Georgia Tech has tallied 1,338 pts this season (70.4 per game) and they snag 35.5 rebounds per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 13.5 times per game (167th in the nation) and they are turning it over 13.2 times per game. The Yellow Jackets commit 17.8 fouls every game and they connect on 69.4% from the charity stripe.

The Yellow Jackets on the defensive side of the court are 186th in the country in points per game surrendered with 68.9. They are forcing 13.7 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.1% from the floor (202nd in Division 1). The Georgia Tech defense gives up 30.8% on shots from 3-point land (127 of 413) and opponents are converting on 67.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 14.9 dimes and 34.7 total rebounds per game, which is 317th and 177th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Georgia Tech

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