Miami Hurricanes vs Colorado Buffaloes Prediction, 12/10/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Hurricanes vs Colorado Buffaloes

Date: Sunday, December 10, 2023

Location: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY

TV: ESPN

The Colorado Buffaloes (6-2) are welcoming the Miami Hurricanes (7-1) at Barclays Center on Sunday.

The Miami Hurricanes played LIU Brooklyn and went home with a win by a final score of 97-49 in their last contest. Miami walked away from the contest with a 56.9% field goal percentage (37 out of 65) and made 11 of their 26 shots from downtown. At the free throw line, the Hurricanes buried 12 of 19 attempts for a percentage of 63.2%. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they compiled 43 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. They also doled out 19 dimes for this contest in addition to forcing 16 turnovers and having 8 steals. Pertaining to defense, Miami allowed the other team to shoot 30.6% from the field on 19 of 62 shooting. LIU Brooklyn recorded 12 dimes and had 10 steals in this game. Furthermore, LIU Brooklyn pulled down 32 rebounds (10 offensive, 22 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. LIU Brooklyn went 72.7% when shooting free throws by knocking down 8 of 11 tries. They converted 3 out of their 23 attempts from beyond the arc. With respect to fouls, the Hurricanes ended up with 10 and LIU Brooklyn totaled 15 fouls.

Norchad Omier is one player who was a major contributor in this game. He ended up scoring 17 points on 7 of 10 shooting. He played 24 minutes and also grabbed 13 boards. He ended up going 70.0% from the field and dished out 2 assists.

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Miami comes into this contest with a record of 7-1 on the year. They cough up possession 12.8 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 13.6 fouls every game. As a unit, Miami is snagging 37.1 boards per contest and has tallied 119 dimes this season, which is 170th in college basketball in terms of passing the ball. The Hurricanes are shooting 42.5% on shots from downtown (77 of 181) and 78.1% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 84.6 pts per contest (27th in the country) while shooting 51.3% from the floor.

Defensively, the Hurricanes are able to force 13.5 turnovers every game and they draw 16.8 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 184th in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 109 surrendered on the season. The Hurricanes defense is giving up a FG percentage of 40.7% (214 of 526) and they concede 34.6 rebounds per game as a team. They relinquish 25.7% on 3-pointers while they are 146th in D-1 in opponents points per game (69.5).

When they last stepped on the court, the Colorado Buffaloes took home the win by a final score of 91-66 when they faced Pepperdine. The Buffaloes were able to snag 29 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards totaling 35 for this contest. They also turned the ball over 11 times, while earning 7 steals in this contest. Pepperdine committed 20 fouls in this contest which got the Buffaloes to the free throw line for a total of 28 attempts. They were able to convert 22 of the free throw tries for a rate of 78.6%. In relation to shooting from 3-point land, Colorado buried 7 of their 13 tries (53.8%). When all was said and done, the Buffaloes shot 31 for 54 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 57.4%. The Buffaloes allowed Pepperdine to make 24 out of 64 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 37.5% for this game. They finished 36.8% from distance by going 7 of 19 and ended up shooting 11 of 17 from the free throw line (64.7%). With respect to team rebounding, Colorado allowed Pepperdine to snag 27 in all (10 on the offensive side).

Tristan Da Silva ended up being a factor for the Buffaloes in the game. He buried 5 out of 5 in the game giving him a field goal percentage of 100.0%, and had 5 rebounds. He recorded 22 points in his 25 mins of playing time and accumulated 2 dimes in this contest.

Colorado has a record of 6-2 this year. The Buffaloes commit 16.5 fouls per contest and they hit 78.7% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 17.8 times per game (23rd in the nation) and they turn the ball over 14.0 times per contest. Colorado has tallied 670 points on the campaign (83.8 per game) and they collect 38.3 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Buffaloes are shooting 51.6% from the field, which ranks them 8th in the country.

The Buffaloes on the defensive end are ranked 150th in college hoops in points allowed per contest with 69.6. They are able to force 12.8 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 41.5% from the floor (128th in college hoops). The Colorado defense gives up 33.7% on shots from 3-point land (59 of 175) and opponents are knocking down 72.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have conceded 9.0 dimes and 28.3 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 14th and 7th in Division 1.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Miami

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