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ACC Tournament Basketball Fearless Prediction, Game Preview: First Round


ACC Tournament college basketball fearless prediction and game preview – First Round.


North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech

Pitt vs. Wake Forest Broadcast

Date: Tuesday, March 10
Game Time: 4:30 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Network: ACC Network

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Pitt (15-16) vs. Wake Forest (13-17) Game Preview

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What’s Going To Happen

Pitt is sputtering with seven straight losses with an offense that’s struggling to find anything that consistently works. Wake Forest has lost four of its last six games, but it was able to shock Duke in an overtime thriller and beat Notre Dame with in the last few weeks.

The Panther offense simply doesn’t shoot well enough. It struggles from three  and isn’t good enough at generating easy points. It’s okay on the offensive glass, but it gets wiped up on the defensive boards. Wake Forest doesn’t have a powerhouse of an offensive attack, but it’ll be +5 in rebounding margin and will win on the free throw line.

Pitt vs. Wake Forest Prediction, Line

Wake Forest 74, Pitt 67
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Wake Forest -1, o/u: 139
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Must See Rating: 2

5: (As long as everyone is as safe as possible) Keeping morale up by keeping games going, even if there aren’t any fans
1: Serie A being postponed

NEXT: North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech

North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech Broadcast

Date: Tuesday, March 10
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Network: ACC Network

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North Carolina (13-18) vs. Virginia Tech (16-15) Game Preview

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What’s Going To Happen

Do the Tar Heels have the ability to go on a big weekend run? It lost the one other meeting against Virginia Tech in double overtime.

The Hokies hit three more free throws and came through in the clutch.

They don’t turn the ball over and they’re the best team in the ACC from three. However, they’re normally mediocre on the boards – they held their own with the Tar Heels the first time around – and they’re normally not great at getting to the free-throw line.

The first meeting wasn’t exactly an aberration, but this time around the Tar Heels should be at least a +7 on the boards. The defense, though, is lousy at stopping good three-point shooting teams and the offense needs to be hot from the outside.

It’ll be a fight, but a resurgent UNC will D up just enough against a suddenly cold Hokie O.

North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech Prediction, Line

North Carolina 80, Virginia Tech 74
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North Carolina -4, o/u: 141.5
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
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Must See Rating: 2.5

5: (As long as everyone is as safe as possible) Keeping morale up by keeping games going, even if there aren’t any fans
1: Serie A being postponed

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