
Virginia Tech vs SMU Prediction 2/5/25 College Basketball Picks Today
SMU (17-5) vs. Virginia Tech (10-12)
February 5, 2025 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Virginia Tech +6; Over/Under: 147
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The SMU Mustangs and the Virginia Tech Hokies meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Cassell Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Virginia Tech vs SMU Prediction.
SMU Recap
The SMU Mustangs come into this game looking to build on their 85-61 win over Stanford last time out to improve to 17-5 on the year. After this game, SMU will head home for a matchup with Pitt.
Mustangs Win Three In A Row
Boopie Miller leads the Mustangs in scoring and assists with 14.3 PPG and 5.7 APG while Chuck Harris has 12.2 PPG and Matt Cross has 11 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG to lead the Mustangs on the glass up to this point in the year. B.J. Edwards has 10.7 PPG with 3.7 RPG and 3.4 APG along with 2.4 SPG as well on the year to cap off the scoring in double figures for SMU so far this season. Samet Yigitoglu has 9.7 PPG with 6.5 RPG and Yohan Traore has 7.9 PPG with 4.3 RPG while Karlo Oquendo has 9.6 PPG with 2.8 RPG. As a team, SMU is averaging 84.2 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field, 38.3% from three, and 73.2% from the foul line this season.
Why the SMU Mustangs will win
- SMU has won 13 of its last 14 games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
Virginia Tech Recap
The Virginia Tech Hokies come into this one looking to build on a 75-74 win over Virginia last time out to improve to 10-12 on the year. After this game, Virginia Tech will take on Notre Dame, Virginia, and Boston College.
Hokies Win Back-To-Back Games
Tobi Lawal leads the Hokies in scoring and rebounding with 13 PPG and 6.7 RPG while Mylyjeal Poteat has 10 PPG with 3.8 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Virginia Tech up to this point in the year. Jaden Schutt also has 8.9 PPG with 3 RPG while Brandon Rechsteiner has 6.9 PPG with a team-high 3.1 APG to lead the Hokies in the assist department. Ben Burnham also added 7 PPG and 3.3 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Virginia Tech is averaging 70 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 37.1% from three, and 71.3% from the foul line this season.
Why the Virginia Tech Hokies will win
- Virginia Tech has won each of its last seven home games following a road win.
Virginia Tech vs SMU Prediction
I’m on SMU here. I know Virginia Tech’s coming home off of back-to-back road wins, but I just don’t see the Hokies having the horses to hang with the Mustangs for a full 40 minutes at SMU’s pace. The Mustangs are a solid lineup that does a lot of things really well and they’re also really good at pushing the pace and making teams uncomfortable that aren’t equipped to make that change of pace and I don’t think that Virginia Tech can either. I’ll side with SMU in this one, laying the points on the road here.