Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Prediction, 1/8/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Date: Saturday, January 8, 2022

Location: McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, GA

TV: ACCN

McCamish Pavilion is where the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-7) will take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-5) on Saturday.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish faced North Carolina and walked away with a win by a score of 78-73 in their last game. Notre Dame ended the game having earned a 47.5% field goal percentage (29 of 61) and knocked down 13 out of their 31 3-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Fighting Irish converted 7 of 11 attempts for a rate of 63.6%. In the matter of pulling down rebounds, they earned 26 with 1 of them being offensive. They also recorded 15 assists in the game in addition to forcing 14 turnovers and getting 7 steals. When it comes to the defense, Notre Dame let their opponent shoot 49.2% from the field on 29 of 59 shooting. North Carolina distributed 10 dimes and had 5 steals for this game. Additionally, North Carolina snagged 36 boards (3 offensive, 33 defensive), but didn't have a block. North Carolina ended up going 87.5% at the charity stripe by burying 7 of 8 attempts. They also buried 8 out of their 22 tries from beyond the perimeter. In the matter of fouls, the Fighting Irish walked away with 8 and North Carolina finished the game with 13 fouls.

Nate Laszewski is one player who was a factor in the matchup. He went 63.6% from the field and also distributed 1 assist. He played 35 mins played and pulled down 8 rebounds. He accounted for 20 points on 7 of 11 shooting.

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Notre Dame enters this matchup with a mark of 8-5 so far this year. They average 70.7 pts per contest (212th in the nation) while connecting on 44.5% from the field. The Fighting Irish are connecting on 36.1% on 3-pointers (121 of 335) and 77.0% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Notre Dame is snagging 33.5 rebounds per game and is sitting with 176 dimes for the year, which ranks 179th in D-1 in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 10.8 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 14.3 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Fighting Irish are forcing 11.3 turnovers per game and they draw 14.8 personal fouls. They rank 110th in college basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 149 conceded for the year. The Fighting Irish defense is allowing a FG percentage of 44.3% (317 of 716) and they surrender 32.2 rebounds per contest as a team. They are giving up 37.2% on shots from distance and they are 119th in college hoops in opponents points per game (66.0).

In their last game, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets took a loss by a final score of 69-57 when they played Duke. In relation to rebounding, Georgia Tech permitted Duke to get 43 overall (12 on the offensive side). They finished the game shooting 31.3% from 3-point land by going 5 of 16 and walked away from this one shooting 26 of 40 from the free throw line (65.0%). The Yellow Jackets allowed Duke to make 19 out of 51 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 37.3% in this contest. When this game wrapped up, the Yellow Jackets finished shooting 21 for 64 from the field which had them sitting at 32.8%. When discussing three-point attempts, Georgia Tech buried 6 of their 20 attempts (30.0%). They were able to make 9 of the free throws for a rate of 75.0%. Duke earned 14 fouls for the game which got the Yellow Jackets to the free throw line for a total of 12 shots. They coughed it up 8 times, while getting 5 steals for the game. The Yellow Jackets corralled 22 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 31 for this game.

Michael Devoe ended up being a factor for the Yellow Jackets for this contest. He racked up 21 points in his 39 mins of playing time and added 2 assists for the game. He made 8 out of 19 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 42.1%, and had 7 rebounds.

Georgia Tech has a mark of 6-7 this year. As an offensive unit, the Yellow Jackets are hitting on 43.9% from the floor, which ranks them 197th in college hoops. Georgia Tech has accumulated 882 pts so far this season (67.8 per game) and they snag 35.5 boards per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 12.5 times per contest (241st in the country) and they are losing possession via turnover 13.5 times per contest. The Yellow Jackets are responsible for committing 18.5 fouls per game while shooting 68.7% from the free throw line.

The Yellow Jackets on the defensive end are ranked 168th in college hoops in PPG allowed with 67.7. They are forcing 12.9 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 42.0% from the floor (164th in D-1). The Georgia Tech defense concedes 31.4% on shots from behind the 3-point line (86 of 274) and their opposition knocks down 67.2% of their foul shots. They concede 13.8 assists and 34.7 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 265th and 184th in those defensive categories.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Notre Dame

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