Notre Dame vs Boston University 12/7/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Boston University Terriers (5-4) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-2)
December 7, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Notre Dame Fighting Irish -14.5 / Boston University Terriers +14.5; Over/Under: +132.5
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The Boston University Terriers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish meet in college basketball action from the Purcell Pavilion on Wednesday night.
The Boston University Terriers will look to build on their 68-54 win over Merrimack last time out. Walter Whyte leads the Terriers in scoring and rebounding with 13.1 PPG and 6.3 RPG while Jonas Harper has 11.8 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for the Terriers up to this point in the season. Ethan Brittain-Watts and Daman Tate also have a team-high 2.1 APG as well on the year for the Terriers. As a team, Boston University is averaging 69.7 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field, 30.1% from behind the arc and 74% from the foul line this season.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will be out to bounce back from a 62-61 loss to Syracuse last time out. Nate Laszewski leads Notre Dame in scoring and rebounding with 15 PPG and 8.4 RPG while Dane Goodwin has 14.3 PPG with 5.3 RPG and J.J. Starling has 12.3 PPG with 3.1 RPG. Cormac Ryan has 12.1 PPG with 4.1 RPG and Trey Wertz has 10.6 PPG with a team-high 4.2 APG to lead the Irish in assists and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Notre Dame up to this point in the season. As a team, Notre Dame is averaging 72.4 PPG on 47.6% shooting from the field, 36% from three and 81.2% from the foul line this season.
Boston University is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Notre Dame is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following a loss and 2-7 ATS in their last 9 home games while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall.
I get the case to be made either way in this game, but I’m looking at the under here. These are two teams that play a lot of slow-paced games, and while the Irish have had moments where they’ve been pretty strong offensively, I just think this ends up being a low-scoring game so give me the under here.
