Virginia Tech vs Miami Prediction 1-4-25 College Basketball Picks

The Miami Hurricanes and the Virginia Tech Hokies meet Saturday in college basketball action from Cassell Coliseum. Here’s a Virginia Tech vs Miami prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Virginia Tech vs Miami pick.

Miami Hurricanes Betting Preview

The Hurricanes opened the season on a nice run and everything was looking pretty good after three games. Miami took out Fairleigh Dickinson, Binghamton, and Coppin State in that trio. The wheels fell off after that, however, and the Hurricanes would hit a losing streak in the next seven outings versus Drake, Oklahoma State, VCU, Charleston Southern, Arkansas, Clemson, and Tennessee. Miami recovered—finally—with a win over Presbyterian on December 15, but then promptly lost their next two games versus Mount St. Mary’s and Boston College.

In the Boston College game on New Year’s Day, the Hurricanes came out of halftime holding a promising 41-29 edge. Miami didn’t stay on top much longer though: the second half was a 49-27 deficit and the Hurricanes ended up losing 78-68 in the end. Leading the team in scoring during the futile effort was Matthew Cleveland with 21 points, six rebounds, one assist, and one steal. Lynn Kidd added 14 points with eight rebounds and three assists. Topping the bench players was Paul Djobet with his 10 points, one rebound, and two steals in 20 minutes.

Virginia Tech Hokies Betting Preview

Over on the Virginia Tech side, they’ve followed a similar trajectory so far this year in a 5-8 start. The first three games were all victories, as the Hokies dispatched Delaware State, South Carolina Upstate, and Winthrop. A string of six straight losses followed, however. Those defeats came courtesy of Penn State, Jacksonville, Michigan, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Pittsburgh in succession. The Hokies would recover on a couple of victories over North Carolina A&T and Navy, but they’ve since fallen to Saint Joseph’s and Duke in their last pair.

Matched up against Duke on New Year’s Eve, the Hokies came out of the locker room looking at a 37-27 deficit on the scoreboard. Virginia Tech limped through the second half on a 51-38 run and lost 88-65 in the end. Tops in scoring was Tobi Lawal with 19 points and five rebounds with four turnovers in 22 minutes. The only other Virginia Tech player in double-figures was Patrick Wessler, who came off the bench to provide 10 points and two rebounds with one steal. Ben Burnham added nine points and one assist off the bench, while Mylyjael Poteat put up six points with two rebounds and one assist in 17 minutes of work as the next-highest starter.

Why the Virginia Tech Hokies will win

• Miami (FL) has lost each of its last 12 games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• Virginia Tech has won each of its last 11 day games at Cassell Coliseum against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Virginia Tech has won the first half in each of its last seven day games at Cassell Coliseum.

Why the Miami Hurricanes will win

• Miami (FL) has won each of its last five games at Cassell Coliseum against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Virginia Tech has lost each of its last four games when playing with a rest advantage.
• Miami (FL) has won the first half in four of its last five games against non-AP-ranked opponents.

Virginia Tech vs Miami Prediction

I’ll stick with Virginia Tech I suppose. Frankly, there’s not a lot to get excited about in this game considering both teams are struggling and fans are already looking forward to next season. In any case, Virginia Tech will need a much better statistical effort than they got against a good Duke team in their last game. The Hokies shot well in that one (46 percent) but also got out-rebounded 35-22 and coughed up 12 turnovers for 18 Blue Devils points. Allowing 53.4 percent shooting on the other side didn’t help matters, either.

Virginia Tech has had some major issues putting up points this year. They’ve been below 66 points in nine of their 13 games so far. That said, the Hokies have also scored well in their wins; they’ve got 80 or more in four of those five games.

As for Miami, they shot just 39.7 percent from the field in their last game versus a decent Boston College team. The Hurricanes were outmuscled on the boards 40-33 and had 11 turnovers for 11 Eagles points. On defense, Miami gave up 46.4 percent shooting in the 10-point defeat. Miami has been below 69 points in three of their last five games, so I don’t see them posting a huge total here either. I’ll stay with the Hokies, but in reality, I’m probably not touching it.