We have to wait until Thursday for the NCAA Tournament to restart in the Sweet 16, but there is NIT quarterfinal action on Tuesday night when Georgia visits Ohio State in what would be a fabulous football matchup. The Buckeyes are solid favorites on the NCAAB odds.
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Opening NCAAB Lines: Ohio State -4.5 (total 71)
Why Bet on Georgia Bulldogs?
“Hill and Thomasson were outstanding. James was 4-of-15 coming into the game and he drained four,” Wake coach Steve Forbes said. “This is what happens, when you start making shots the basket looks a lot bigger. It didn’t look too big for him earlier. They were turning it over and looked a little discombobulated. Then Georgia got going and we let them go. The crowd was phenomenal and I credit them for trying to will us to win. They were standing on their feet wanting us to go and we were trying. We just couldn’t get over the hump. Credit to Georgia for coming in here and getting a win which is hard to do. That was our first non-conference loss since I’ve been the head coach here.”
Georgia was missing 7-foot, 280-pound starting center Russel Tchewa, the team’s leading rebounder. Wake Forest took full advantage by outscoring UGA 40-12 in the paint, but Georgia compensated with red-hot 3-point shooting, canning 14 of 27 (51.9 percent). Forwards Jabri Abdur-Rahim and RJ Sunahara were out as well.
The win marked head coach Mike White’s 15th postseason win in his coaching career: “Let’s go do the same thing to Ohio State,” White said after UGA’s fifth road win of the season over a Power 5 opponent. “We’re going to be in Columbus anyway, might as well compete.”
Georgia ranks No. 20 nationally in bench scoring at 28.8 ppg. The Bulldogs’ bench has outscored the opponents’ reserves in 28 of 35 games en route to compiling a season scoring margin of +345 or +10.2 ppg.
Bet Georgia to Win
NIT Betting Odds, Basketball USA
NIT Quarterfinals Picks Odds Subject to Change | SPREAD | MONEYLINE | TOTAL |
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Ohio State | -4.5 | -280 | O 71 |
Georgia | +4.5 | +190 | U 71 |
Why Bet on Ohio State Buckeyes?
Ohio State (22-13) beat Cornell by five in Round 1 of the NIT and then took out Virginia Tech 81-73 in Round 2 on Saturday in Columbus. OSU took the lead with 6:13 to go in the first half and did not relinquish it against the Hokies.
“It was choppy,” Coach Jake Diebler said. “We missed some shots we usually make, we struggled on a couple of finishes around the rim. But we’ve talked about, ‘Stay aggressive, move on quickly, don’t let one play affect another’ and our guys have really embraced that.”
Felix Okpara finished with 13 points, six rebounds and two blocks. Those two blocks give him a block in 41-consecutive games, which is the longest streak by any Buckeye in the last 30 years. He passed all-time shot block leader Ken Johnson, who had a streak of 40 consecutive games. Okpara is one of two players nationally with 60 or more blocks who have blocked a shot in every game this season.
Since Feb. 14 under Diebler, the Buckeyes are 12th overall in adjusted efficiency and the defensive efficiency is the 14th best in the country during that time. Diebler was originally named the interim coach for the fired Chris Holtmann but has since been promoted to the full-time job.
Freshman Scotty Middleton remains away from the team for personal reasons and it’s not clear if he will return for Tuesday. He is averaging 4.4 points per game this season but 6.3 points per game since Diebler took over as head coach. During that eight-game span, Middleton has shot a blistering 65% from beyond the arc. In other words, he’s converted 13-of-20 3-pointers.
The Buckeyes are now 21-8 all-time in the NIT, including 13-3 at home. The winner between Ohio State and Georgia will face the winner of Seton Hall and UNLV. The semifinals are set to take place on April 2 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Bet Ohio State to Win
NIT Betting Odds, Basketball USA
Georgia vs Ohio State Expert Prediction
Ohio State 73, Georgia 69
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