Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Texas Tech Red Raiders Prediction, 3/20/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Texas Tech Red Raiders

Date: Sunday, March 20, 2022

Location: Viejas Arena in San Diego, CA

TV: TBS

Odds/Point Spread: Notre Dame (+8)

Viejas Arena is the site where the Texas Tech Red Raiders (26-9) will try to beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (24-10) on Sunday. Notre Dame opens this contest as 8-point underdogs from Vegas oddsmakers. The over/under is set at 132.5.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish took the court against Alabama and walked away with a win by a score of 78-64 in their last contest. When talking about fouls, the Fighting Irish ended up with 13 while Alabama finished the game with 14 fouls. They knocked down 8 of their 24 tries from beyond the perimeter. Alabama shot 57.1% when shooting free throws by knocking down 4 of their 7 tries. On top of that, Alabama grabbed 28 rebounds (10 offensive, 18 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Alabama doled out 16 assists and had 9 steals for the matchup. In terms of defense, Notre Dame let their opponent shoot 40.6% from the floor on 26 of 64 shooting. They also dished out 13 dimes in the game in addition to forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and earning 10 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they collected 27 with 4 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Fighting Irish buried 10 of their 11 attempts for a percentage of 90.9%. Notre Dame finished having earned a 53.7% field goal percentage (29 out of 54) and buried 10 of their 16 shots from beyond the arc.

Cormac Ryan is a guy who came through in this matchup. He ended up shooting 76.9% from the field and also recorded 1 assist. He played 36 mins played and also totaled 6 boards. He ended up walking away with 29 points on 10 out of 13 shooting.

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Notre Dame comes into this one with a win-loss record of 24-10 on the campaign. They are giving up possession 10.4 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 12.7 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Notre Dame is grabbing 33.9 boards per game and is sitting with 483 assists so far this year, which is 62nd in the nation in terms of passing. The Fighting Irish are shooting 38.3% on 3-pointers (309 of 806) and 75.5% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 73.1 points per contest (120th in the nation) while shooting 46.6% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Fighting Irish are able to force 10.1 turnovers per game while drawing 15.0 personal fouls. They surrender 32.3% on three-point shots and they are ranked 127th in college basketball in PPG allowed (67.4). The Fighting Irish defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 43.3% (877 of 2,024) and they relinquish 33.4 rebounds per game as a team. They rank 175th in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 397 relinquished so far this year.

The last time they took the court, the Texas Tech Red Raiders went home victorious with a score of 97-62 when they played Montana State. The Red Raiders were able to corral 24 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds for a total of 30 in this matchup. They also coughed it up 12 times, while getting 6 steals in the matchup. Montana State was called for 22 fouls for the game which took the Red Raiders to the charity stripe for 19 shots. They were able to make 13 of the free throws for a percentage of 68.4%. Concerning shots from distance, Texas Tech knocked down 12 out of their 20 tries (60.0%). In all, the Red Raiders went 36 out of 54 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 66.7%. The Red Raiders allowed Montana State to make 21 out of 55 tries from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 38.2% for this contest. They finished 33.3% from downtown by going 8 of 24 and finished the game at 12 of 15 from the free throw line (80.0%). In relation to rebounding, Texas Tech allowed Montana State to snag 20 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Terrence Shannon ended up being a factor for the Red Raiders for this contest. He totaled 20 points in his 26 minutes on the court and had 6 dimes for the contest. He knocked down 5 of 7 for this contest for a rate of 71.4%, and added 1 rebound.

Texas Tech has a win-loss mark of 26-9 for the campaign. The Red Raiders are committing 16.2 personal fouls per game while shooting 69.8% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 13.8 times per game (122nd in college hoops) and they are turning it over 13.8 times per contest. Texas Tech has totaled 2,535 pts for the season (72.4 per game) and they collect 36.4 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Red Raiders are connecting on 47.5% from the field, which ranks 27th in college basketball.

The Texas Tech defense gives up 31.4% on 3-pointers (267 of 851) and opponents are making 68.6% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 11.1 dimes and 30.2 total boards per game, which is 60th and 14th in Division 1. The Red Raiders defensively are ranked 11th in D-1 in PPG allowed with 60.4. They are forcing 16.1 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 38.4% from the floor (7th in the country).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Notre Dame (+8)

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