Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons Prediction, 3/1/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Date: Saturday, March 1, 2025

Location: LJVM Coliseum in Waco, TX

TV: ESPN+

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons (19-9) will play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-16) at LJVM Coliseum on Saturday.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish faced Clemson and took a loss by a score of 83-68 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Fighting Irish finished with 15 while Clemson totaled 18 personal fouls. They also buried 9 of their 23 tries from 3-point land. Clemson finished the game at 77.8% at the free throw line by knocking down 14 of their 18 attempts. Furthermore, Clemson collected 27 rebounds (8 offensive, 19 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Clemson recorded 23 dimes and had 5 steals for this game. In the matter of defense, Notre Dame allowed the other team to go 47.6% from the field on 30 out of 63 shooting. They also recorded 10 dimes in addition to forcing 3 turnovers, but wasn't able to record a steal. Concerning rebounding, they earned 30 with 6 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Fighting Irish converted 19 of their 21 tries for a percentage of 90.5%. Notre Dame ended the contest having earned a 44.9% field goal percentage (22 of 49) and made 5 of their 16 three-point attempts.

Markus Burton is a guy who came through in this contest. He recorded 30 points on 8 out of 19 shooting. He saw the court for 36 minutes and also collected 4 rebounds. He finished shooting 42.1% from the field and totaled 5 dimes.

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Notre Dame will enter this contest with a win-loss record of 12-16 this year. They currently have an average of 73.1 pts per contest (211th in D-1) while connecting on 45.7% from the field. The Fighting Irish are connecting on 36.1% on 3-pointers (219 of 607) and 74.9% from the free throw line. As a team, Notre Dame is pulling down 34.6 boards per contest and has racked up 332 assists for the year, which has them ranked 311th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 10.9 times per contest and as a squad they commit 15.7 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Fighting Irish are forcing 10.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.6 personal fouls. They concede 32.4% on shots from distance and they are 196th in Division 1 in PPG allowed (72.3). The Fighting Irish are giving up a shooting percentage of 45.5% (725 of 1,594) and they relinquish 31.8 rebounds per game as a unit. They are currently ranked 286th in college hoops in allowing assists with 408 surrendered this year.

The last time they took the court, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons went home defeated by a final of 83-75 when they faced Virginia. In relation to rebounding, Wake Forest allowed Virginia to collect 23 overall (2 on the offensive glass). They wrapped up this game 45.5% from three-point range via 10 out of 22 and walked away from this one shooting 15 out of 20 from the charity stripe (75.0%). The Demon Deacons permitted Virginia to make 29 of 52 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 55.8% for this contest. In all, the Demon Deacons went 30 for 54 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 55.6%. When it comes to 3-point attempts, Wake Forest converted 2 out of 14 attempts (14.3%). They were able to convert 13 of them for a percentage of 65.0%. Virginia had 21 fouls for this contest which got the Demon Deacons to the free throw line for 20 attempts. They coughed up the ball 10 times, while earning 4 steals in this game. The Demon Deacons collected 21 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive boards totaling 27 in this game.

Hunter Sallis pitched in for the Demon Deacons for this contest. He buried 10 out of 17 in the game for a rate of 58.8%, and accounted for 4 rebounds. He scored 25 points in his 38 mins of playing time and accumulated 3 assists for the game.

Wake Forest has a record of 19-9 for the year. The Demon Deacons have committed 16.5 fouls every game and they shoot 74.8% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 11.6 times per game (319th in college hoops) and they cough up possession 11.4 times per contest. Wake Forest has tallied 1,984 points for the season (70.9 per contest) and they snag 32.9 rebounds per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Demon Deacons are hitting on 45.5% from the field, which is ranked 143rd in college.

The Wake Forest defense allows 30.9% on 3-point attempts (228 of 739) and their opponents are making 77.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrender 13.4 assists and 34.7 boards per game, which ranks them 213th and 207th in college hoops. The Demon Deacons are ranked 66th in the country in points per game surrendered with 67.9. They are able to force 13.4 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 40.2% from the floor (26th in college).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Notre Dame

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