Wednesday night college basketball and we will see the Boston College Eagles travel to the South Bend, Indiana to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game has a start time of 7:00 pm (Eastern) and will be televised NESN. Current Vegas betting odds have Notre Dame listed as 1.5 point favorites, while the total is set at 132.
Analysis: The Boston College Eagles have gone a solid 8-4 in non-conference play, but since ACC play has begun they have struggled going just 1-7 with their lone ACC win coming at Georgia Tech. For the Year Boston College is 9-11, including 1-4 on the road. The Eagle have gone 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a S.U. loss and 9-4-1 ATS in their last 14 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600. The Eagles have been a poor offensive team this year, ranking 261st in scoring (64.2 ppg), 194th in shooting (43.2%), 282nd in 3 point shooting (31.2%) and 169th in FT shooting (69.1%). Defensively the Eagles have been rather average as they come in ranked 139th in points allowed (64.6 ppg), 173rd in defensive FG% (42.6%) and 49th in 3 point defense (30.5%).
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had a big home win over Duke last week, but could not keep the momentum going as they were upset by the Pitt Panthers on the road on Saturday. The Irish are still at 20-3 on the year, which includes marks of 8-2 in the ACC and 14-1 at home. Notre Dame has gone 10-22-1 ATS in their last 33 vs. the ACC and 6-18-2 ATS in their last 26 home games. The Irish have been a very good offensive squad this year, ranking 9th in scoring (81.2 ppg), 2nd in shooting (52.1%), 17th in 3 point shooting (40.1%) and 68th in FT shooting (72.2%). The defense for this team has been decent, ranking 125th in points allowed (64.2 ppg), 120th in defensive FG% (41.4%) and 202nd in 3 point defense (33.9%).
Pick: Gonna look for the Fighting Irish to bounce back from that tough loss to Pittsburgh with a big win here. This has been a close series over the year, but Boston College is not playing well right now and have been outscored by 10 ppg in their road games so far, while the Irish have outscored their foes by an average of nearly 22 ppg at home. This is a legit top 10 Irish team, while the Eagles will be sitting home during most of march madness. Big Irish win here.
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