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NCAAB:  Cavaliers vs Fighting Irish Predictions

College basketball betting action sees the Virginia Cavaliers taking on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday January 10 at the Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana.  Cappers Picks provides free NCAAB handicapping tips all season long.

Two of the best team in the ACC and the country collide here.

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#3 Virginia Cavaliers (14-0) vs. #12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (15-1)
Saturday January 10
6:00PM
Joyce Center – South Bend, IN
ESPN2
NCAAB Betting Lines:  Virginia -3
NCAAB Betting Total:  n/a
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This is the best game in the ACC so far this season.

Virginia

The Cavs seem to be following up a great season with an even better one.

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They are among a handful of undefeated teams and that #3 next to Virginia is well earned. They are once again among the best defensive teams in the country – second – and have have found more offense this season.

Navigating the ACC is no easy task this season but there is a very good chance that with their schedule they will be favoured in every game this season until their final regular season contest at Louisville.

With wing Justin Anderson doubling his scoring average this season, leading the club at 15ppg, the offense is not falling completely on Malcolm Brogdon.

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That is a good thing too because his numbers have retreated this season thanks to poor shooting – which seems like a Virginia thing – see Joe Harris.

The Cavs have been getting good production up front too with three players averaging at least 6.5 points and rebounds per game.

Notre Dame

Notre Dame is a one point loss from being undefeated themselves.

To this point they have been both good and lucky (two OT wins) and looked very strong in their most recent game, a road win against North Carolina.

Of all the teams at the top of the ACC most are pegging the Irish to fall but this is the most efficient offensive team in the country shooting 55% from the floor.

That is a number that is definitely going to be tested against Virginia which prides itself on making it hard to score.

The Irish are not a one man team but Jerian Grant is probably the best guard in America.

He can score, he can distribute, he has size and his presence makes everyone else on the team better.

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They are not very deep or very big but neither of those deficits should be exposed against Virginia which prefers to play at a slower pace and is not blessed with dominating inside players either.

NCAAB Handicapping Trends:

  • UVA are 25-9-2 ATS in their last 36 games overall.
  • UVA are 36-14-2 ATS in their last 52 Sat. games.
  • ND are 5-16-2 ATS in their last 23 home games.
  • ND are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 Sat. games.

NCAAB Prediction:  Notre Dame +3

Virginia will be able to slow things down a little bit but at home the Irish will still knock down a lot of shots.

NBA Score prediction:  Notre Dame 72 – Virginia 68

They are capable of blowing this open late too.

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