Miami vs Wake Forest Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/18/23

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Miami Hurricanes meet in college basketball action from the Watsco Center on Saturday afternoon. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Miami is listed as a 7.5-point favorite with a ML price of -315. The total for this game is set at 157.5 points.

Injuries

For Wake Forest, Jao Ituka is the only injury announced as he’s out for the season with a knee injury while Miami comes into this game with a clean bill of health.

Matchup History

Miami’s 76-72 win over Wake Forest back on February 12^th, 2022, made it back-to-back wins for the ‘Canes in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Wake Forest is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following an ATS loss and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 4-0-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS loss. Miami is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 18-7-1 ATS in their last 26 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 home games.

Pick

I’m backing the over here. This should be nothing short of a track meet between two teams that can really fill it up offensively while using the mantra that the best defense is a good offense. Wake’s averaged 78.8 PPG in their last 5 while Miami’s put up 84.8 PPG in their last 5 and I think this one has 160+ written all over it here. Give me the over.