NC State vs Louisville Prediction 2/12/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Louisville Cardinals and the NC State Wolfpack meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Lenovo Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an NC State vs Louisville Prediction.

Louisville Recap

The Louisville Cardinals come into this game looking to build on an 88-78 win over Miami last time out to improve to 18-6 on the year. After this game, Louisville will head on the road for a matchup with Notre Dame.

Cardinals Win Back-To-Back Games

Chucky Hepburn leads the Cardinals in scoring and assists with 15 PPG and 6.2 APG along with 3.4 RPG and 2.3 SPG while Reyne Smith has 14.2 PPG with 3.2 RPG and Kasean Pryor has 12 PPG with 6.1 RPG but is expected to miss the rest of the season with an injury. Terrence Edwards Jr. has 14.6 PPG with 4 RPG and 2.7 APG and J’Vonne Hadley also has 12.3 PPG with a team-high 7.1 RPG to lead the Cardinals on the glass, also rounding out the group of double-digit scorers for Louisville so far this season. As a team, Louisville is averaging 79.2 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 32.2% from three, and 73.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Louisville Cardinals will win

• NC State has lost each of its last eight games.
• Louisville has won each of its last seven night games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

NC State Recap

The NC State Wolfpack come into this game looking to bounce back from a 74-73 loss to Stanford last time out to slip to 9-14 on the year. After this game, NC State will welcome Boston College to town.

Wolfpack Lost 8^th In A Row

Marcus Hill leads the Wolfpack in scoring with 12.9 PPG and 4.1 RPG while Jayden Taylor has 11.8 PPG and 3.1 RPG. Dontrez Styles has 10.3 PPG with 4.7 RPG to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for NC State so far this season. Ben Middlebrooks has 7.9 PPG with 4.3 RPG while Brandon Huntley-Hatfield has 8.2 PPG with a team-high 4.9 RPG to lead the Wolfpack in rebounding so far this season. Michael O’Connell also has 6.1 PPG with 2.7 RPG and a team-high 3.2 APG to lead NC State in the assist department so far this season. As a team, NC State is averaging 69.6 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 31.9% from behind the arc, and 71.9% from the foul line this season.

Why the NC State Wolfpack will win

• NC State has won each of its last four games against Louisville.

NC State vs Louisville Prediction

I’m with Louisville here. I think the non-cover for Louisville was just a going-through-the-motions type spot where they didn’t really have much focus on Miami, but this Louisville team has serious intent to challenge for the ACC title this season and I think they have a good chance. They’ll need to keep picking up wins to stay in the hunt and this is a great spot to do so against a reeling NC State team that has lost a few close games this season but has also taken a few bumps like losing to Clemson by double-digits. Louisville has had no problems beating up on the low end of the ACC table and I think they do so again here. Give me Louisville.