
Notre Dame vs Georgia Tech Prediction 1/28/25 College Basketball Picks Today
Georgia Tech (9-11) vs. Notre Dame (9-10)
January 28, 2025 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Notre Dame -9; Over/Under: 145
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The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish meet Tuesday in college basketball action from Joyce Center. Here’s a Notre Dame vs Georgia Tech prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Notre Dame vs Georgia Tech pick.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Betting Preview
The Yellow Jackets have had a few good runs so far this year, but they’ve been offset by some periods of rough play. Georgia Tech is still mired below .500 on the year thanks to a recent slide. The Jackets started out with a 4-3 run with wins over West Georgia, Texas Southern, Charleston Southern, and Central Arkansas mixed among losses to North Florida, Georgia, and Cincinnati. A 1-4 stretch came next with a lone win over UMBC among losses to Oklahoma, North Carolina, Northwestern, and Duke, then a three-game win streak over Alabama A&M, Notre Dame, and Boston College. The Yellow Jackets began their slide on January 7 versus Syracuse, then fell to SMU, Clemson, and Florida State in the next trio. After a win over Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech had a 9-11 overall record through the first 20 games of the year.
In the Wednesday game versus Virginia Tech, the Jackets came out of halftime with a 39-35 edge. Georgia Tech hit a 32-29 run the rest of the way, resulting in a much-needed win 71-64 in the end. Leading the team in scoring was Duncan Powell with 23 points, six boards, and two steals. Javian McCollum added 16 points with four assists and three rebounds, while Baye Ndongo put up 14 points with five steals, nine rebounds, and four assists. Ryan Mutombo added all of the team’s bench points (two) with one block and one assist as well.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Betting Preview
Over on the Notre Dame side, they’ve similarly had a couple of nice runs this season. Notre Dame has also had a couple of rough losing streaks as well, however, giving the team a sub .500 record thus far. All went well in the first four with wins over Stonehill, Buffalo, Georgetown, and North Dakota, but next came losses to Elon, Rutgers, Houston, Creighton, and Georgia. Following wins over Syracuse, Dartmouth, and Le Moyne, the Irish lost to Georgia Tech, North Carolina, NC State, and Duke. It’s been a 2-1 stretch since then featuring a loss to Syracuse sandwiched between wins over Boston College and Virginia for a 9-10 overall run this season.
Matched up against Virginia on Saturday, Notre Dame did well. The Fighting Irish had a 39-27 edge by the break, then kept it up on a 35-32 second half for a 74-59 win by game’s end. The team’s high scorer was Markus Burton with 21 points, two rebounds, and three assists. Tae Davis added 16 points with five assists and six rebounds, while Braeden Shrewsberry put up 13 points with three assists. Leading the team off the bench with four points and seven rebounds in 12 minutes of work was Nikita Kostantynovskyi.
Why the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will win
- Notre Dame has won 10 of its last 11 night games at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center.
- Georgia Tech has lost seven of its last eight night games following a home win.
- Notre Dame has won the first half in eight of its last nine night games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
Notre Dame vs Georgia Tech Prediction
I’m going to stay with Notre Dame. This should be a pretty interesting matchup though. The Fighting Irish didn’t have a ton of issues against a middling Virginia team in their last outing, shooting a slid 48.2 percent from the field with 52.2 percent (12-of-23) from 3-point range and a 39-27 rebounding edge. Notre Dame held the Cavs to just 40.4 percent shooting on the other side as well. That makes 69 or more points in four straight games (a 2-2 run) for the Irish.
The last time these teams met up was back on New Year’s Eve in an 86-75 home win for Georgia Tech. The Jackets shot a nice 56.6 percent from the field in that one with a 30-29 rebounding advantage in a solid all-round effort. Notre Dame didn’t play too badly overall in that one but had a very slow first half (a 43-24 deficit). I like the Irish to notch a better start here and power one out for some revenge. Should be a fun one to watch.