College Basketball Picks

The Cardinals won their opening round game of the ACC tournament when they took down the upset minded Notre Dame Fighting Irish by a score of 75-53. This was a great start to their March Madness after struggling all year to close out games. Can the Cards build off this double digit takedown and get a +7.5 point cover against the spread for bettors?

Complacency. This is always a concern in conference tournaments when you have a team that knows it’s getting a top seed against a team that thinks it’s already done its job for securing a bid. For Virginia, there’s the question of just how hard they’ll approach this game because they’re the one team among the ACC’s Big 3 that isn’t going to fall off the No. 1 seed. Is the biggest angle on this game purely motivation? DJ breaks down both squads position coming in to the game and offers his prediction.