Georgia Tech vs Syracuse College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/27/21

The Syracuse Orange and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets meet Saturday in college basketball action at the McCamish Pavilion.

The Syracuse Orange look for a win after winning six of their last nine games. The Syracuse Orange are averaging 76.5 points on 44.1 percent shooting and allowing 70.3 points on 41.1 percent shooting. Alan Griffin is averaging 15.2 points and 6.6 rebounds while Buddy Boeheim is averaging 15.2 points and 2.9 assists. Quincy Guerrier is the third double-digit scorer and Joseph Girard III is dishing 3.5 assists. The Syracuse Orange are shooting 33 percent from beyond the arc and 79.7 percent from the free throw line. The Syracuse Orange are allowing 31.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.6 rebounds per game. 

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets look for a win after winning five of their last eight games. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are averaging 75.2 points on 46.9 percent shooting and allowing 70.5 points on 45.8 percent shooting. Jose Alvarado is averaging 18.1 points and 3.5 rebounds while Moses Wright is averaging 16.6 points and 7.1 rebounds. Michael Devoe is the third double-digit scorer and Jordan Usher is grabbing 4.9 rebounds. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are shooting 35.8 percent from beyond the arc and 74.1 percent from the free throw line. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are allowing 37.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 28.5 rebounds per game.

The Orange are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Yellow Jackets are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The over is 47-19-1 in Orange last 67 road games. The over is 5-2-1 in Yellow Jackets last 8 overall. The underdog is 7-2 ATS in the last 9 meetings.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are playing the better basketball right now and they win at home by an average of 7.7 points. The Syracuse Orange are finding ways to win, but they’re still losing their last five games by an average of 1.2 points and they lose on the road by an average of 5.4 points. Georgia Tech’s offense here will be the difference. I’ll lay the reasonable number.