Clemson vs Miami College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/27/21

The Miami Hurricanes and the Clemson Tigers meet in college basketball action from the Littlejohn Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.

The Miami Hurricanes will look to bounce back from an 88-71 loss to Florida State last time out. Isaiah Wong leads the ‘Canes in scoring with 17.3 PPG while Kameron McGusty and Elijah Olaniyi each have 11+ PPG with McGusty logging 3.4 RPG while Olaniyi has 4.6 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Miami so far this season. Harlond Beverly also has 3.3 APG as well on the year. As a team, Miami is averaging 66.3 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field, 29.3% from 3-point range and 68.3% from the foul line while allowing 71.7 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field and 36.6% from 3-point range this season.

The Clemson Tigers will look to build on a 60-39 win over Wake Forest last time out. Aamir Simms leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding with 13.3 PPG and 6.2 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer and top rebounder for Clemson up to this point in the season. Nick Honor has 9.3 PPG and Al-Amir Dawes has 7.9 PPG. Clyde Trapp has 7.1 PPG with 5.7 RPG while the aforementioned Simms also leads the Tigers in assists with 2.6 APG on the year. As a team, Clemson is averaging 65.3 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 32.2% from 3-point range and 76.5% from the foul line while allowing 61.8 PPG on 41.3% shooting from the field and 33% from 3-point range this season.

Miami is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall and 8-20 ATS in their last 28 road games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 road games. Clemson is 8-3-1 ATS in their last 12 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games while the under is 10-4 in their last 14 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400. The home team is 7-1-1 ATS in the last 9 meetings between these two teams.

I get the case that could be made for either side, as it can be hard for these defensive teams to cover these higher numbers, while Miami’s starting to show cracks after all the injuries they’ve accrued over the course of the season Instead, I’m going to side with the under as I just don’t envision this being a high-scoring game where either side makes it out of the 70s. Give me the under in this spot.