Virginia Tech vs Pitt Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Virginia Tech Hokies vs Pitt Panthers prediction and college basketball game preview.

Virginia Tech Hokies vs Pitt Panthers prediction and college basketball game preview.


Virginia Tech vs Pitt Broadcast

Date: Wednesday, February 3
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Network: ACC Network

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Why Virginia Tech Will Win

Can the Hokies stay hot?

They had a clunker on the road against Syracuse, but roared back against Notre Dame before coming up with its win of the year with a special performance against Virginia. the 65-51 win showed just how good the team could be when everything is working offensively.

They hit half of their shots in two of the last five games and are in the mid-to-high 40s on a regular basis. The Pitt defense isn’t bad overall, but it doesn’t hit consistently enough from the field and isn’t strong enough from three to keep up if the Hokies stay hot. However …

Why Pitt Will Win

The Panthers are fantastic at defending the three.

The Hokies might be great offensively – especially from the outside and from the line – but they don’t force a ton of mistakes and they’re just okay on the boards compared to what Pitt can do.

The Panthers are second in the ACC in rebounds per game, and they need to continue to be fantastic on the offensive boards to make up for the problems from the field. If the D can keep the Hokies under 30% from three, it’ll be close.

What’s Going To Happen

Can Pitt somehow keep Virginia Tech from going off? The defense has been a disaster over the last few games, and it’s not as good at home as it should be.

Virginia Tech will come down a bit after the win over Virginia, but it’ll hit its free throws and the Panthers won’t.

Virginia Tech vs Pitt Prediction, Line

Virginia Tech 67, Pitt 62
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Pitt -3, o/u: 136
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3

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Virginia Tech vs Pitt Prediction, Game Preview

Virginia Tech Hokies vs Pitt Panthers prediction and game preview.

Virginia Tech vs Pitt prediction and game preview.


Virginia Tech vs Pitt Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 21
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
Network: ACC Network

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Why Virginia Tech Will Win

The Pitt offense just isn’t working well enough.

Not having QB Kenny Pickett around for a while was part of the problem, but even when he was playing – and even when he came back – the running game wasn’t strong enough. The Panthers ran for 148 yards against a bad Florida State run defense, and that was the first time in the last five games they hit the 100-yard mark.

The offense can’t keep up in shootouts, Virginia Tech’s pass rush is strong enough to come up with a whole lot of big plays in the backfield, and the offensive front is good enough to at least hold serve from time to time against the great Pitt defensive front. The Pitt offensive line is getting rocked. However …

Why Pitt Will Win

That Panther defensive line continues to be amazing.

It’s coming from all angles, it’s wrecking games – coming up with seven sacks last week against ASU and with a nation-high 38 on the year – and now it’s going against a Virginia Tech team that has to run well to win.

The pressure from the Panther D hasn’t always translated into all-around production, but the run defense hasn’t allowed 150 yards on the ground so far, and the Hokies are 0-4 this year when they don’t come up with at least 283 rushing yards.

And then there’s the Virginia Tech Can’t Close problem …

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What’s Going To Happen

The Hokies lost four games they could’ve won, and at least three they should’ve won with the chances they had to pull it off.

Having Pickett around makes all the difference for the Panthers, but can last week’s blowout over FSU be what changes everything around? Virginia Tech is the better team, and if the ground game is working it has the ability to pull this off, but it all depends on whether or not star RB Khalil Herbert’s banged up hamstring is okay.

Herbert will play, but the offense isn’t going to run well enough against this Panther defensive front to get out of Heinz alive in yet another close loss.

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Virginia Tech vs Pitt Prediction, Line

Pitt 34, Virginia Tech 31
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Virginia Tech -3.5, o/u: 55
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3

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