Virginia vs Georgia Tech Prediction, Game Preview

Virginia vs Georgia Tech game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Thursday, October 20

Virginia vs Georgia Tech prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 8, Thursday, October 20


Virginia vs Georgia Tech How To Watch

Date: Thursday, October 20
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Virginia (2-4), Georgia Tech (3-3)
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Virginia vs Georgia Tech Game Preview

Why Virginia Will Win

It’s been a rough run over the last three games – all ACC losses – but the team is rested with two weeks off after playing like it could use a bit of a break.

It’s hardly all doom and gloom in a 2-4 season. The defense is doing a decent job of taking the ball away, the pass rush is strong enough to be a problem for the Georgia Tech offensive line, and the parts are there to finally start cranking up the offense a bit.

Even with the positives over the last few weeks, Georgia Tech is still awful offensively on third downs, the line is still an issue, and …

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Why Georgia Tech Will Win

The Yellow Jackets are playing well enough to win.

They might not be anything special, but the defense has stepped it up in wins over Pitt and Duke with the secondary and pressure from the front making a difference. The offense was able to run well against the Panthers and threw it around against the Blue Devils. Expect enough of a balance to keep things moving against the Cavalier D.

There aren’t major penalty problems, there weren’t any turnovers over the last two games, and now everything is trending up.

Virginia is trying to figure out how to win. Georgia Tech is doing it.

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What’s Going To Happen

Both teams are coming off a two-week break, and both have a make-or-break moment.

Georgia Tech can honestly think about a bowl game with a win, and getting this done is a must with four of the last five games on the road.

Virginia gets four straight home games after this and doesn’t leave the state the rest of the way. Win, and it might kickstart the campaign.

The Cavaliers will be sharper than usual, but they won’t avoid the turnovers. They’ll give it away at least twice. That will be just enough for the revitalized Yellow Jackets to pull through.

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Virginia vs Georgia Tech Prediction, Line

Georgia Tech 26, Virginia 20
Line: Georgia Tech -3, o/u: 47
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
Virginia vs Georgia Tech Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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Date: Friday, March 13
Game Time: 6:30 ET
Venue: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Network: ESPN2

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Why Georgia Tech Will Win

Georgia Tech managed to survive a 70-66 fight with Miami after coming up with a few huge plays in the final moments to survive and advance. It was fantastic from three, but it was -10 in free throws made and was just okay on the boards.

However, it’s the right team to get by Virginia and move on into the ACC Championship if everything goes right.

To beat the Cavaliers you 1) can’t turn the ball over, and Georgia Tech leads the ACC in turnover margin. 2) You have to move the ball around well and find the easy shot, and the team leads the ACC in assists, and you have to force mistakes, and it leads the ACC in steals, and …

Why Virginia Will Win

64-62 and 57-49. That’s what Virginia beat Georgia Tech by in both meetings.

They were good, tough games, but the Cavaliers live for winning good, tough games.

It hasn’t been easy for a suddenly questionable style and team with three losses in the last four games, but those three defeats were about the defensive side. Duke, Florida State and NC State combined to hit close to half of their shots in those, and …

What’s Going To Happen

Georgia Tech is making everything on the inside.

It’s not a great team from three, but it made 50% or more from the field in six of its last ten games and was above 45% in three of the losses.

That one outlier? The loss to Virginia.

However, the Yellow Jackets will be just good enough at getting to the rim and making the open shots to match Virginia possession for possession. Unlike the Miami game, though, losing the free throw battle will prove costly.

Virginia vs Georgia Tech Prediction, Line

Virginia 69, Georgia Tech 64
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Line: Virginia -4, o/u: 129
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5

Must See Rating: 4

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Date: Wednesday, February 10
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: McCamish Pavillion, Atlanta, GA
Network: ACC Network

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Why Virginia Will Win

Virginia keeps on being Virginia.

It might have had a clunker against Virginia Tech with the team couldn’t shoot, but that was the only time this season when the team didn’t hit at last 40% from the field.

This is still one of the sharpest teams in college basketball when it comes to taking care of the ball, it’s still among the best in the country at hitting from the outside, and Georgia Tech is awful at defending from three. But …

Why Georgia Tech Will Win

Georgia Tech almost picked off the Cavaliers a few weeks ago. Virginia pulled off a 64-62 win at home, but the Yellow Jackets were able to slow things down, keep the score low, and were fantastic from three.

They don’t screw up – they’re not going to give the Cavaliers a slew of easy points – and they’re able to be aggressive with a defensive style that controls games.

Basically, Georgia Tech is sort of Virginia lite at times, but there’s one other quirky key to this team …

What’s Going To Happen

Georgia Tech is freakishly good at home compared to being on the road.

It lost three of its last five games – all of the defeats were on the road. The ream is 9-4 in its last 13 games going 8-0 at home and 1-4 on the road.

Virginia is good enough to get past the road game aspect, but it’s going to be a tight, low scoring game that comes down to free throws late. Virginia will hit its key chances, and Georgia Tech will blink with a few misses on its side.

Virginia vs Georgia Tech Prediction, Line

Virginia 70, Georgia Tech 65
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Virginia -4.5, o/u: 127.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3

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Virginia vs Georgia Tech Broadcast

Date: Saturday, January 23
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
Network: ACC Network

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Why Georgia Tech Will Win

It’s one of the better teams in the country when it comes to turnover margin and taking the ball away. The defensive pressure generates a whole lot of points – the Yellow Jackets lead the ACC in scoring – and they like to get on the move.

That’s not Virginia.

It’s not not like the Cavaliers don’t score, but they still what they do so well. Part of that involves playing great defense and not making a whole lot of mistakes, but Georgia Tech can crank up the offense enough to bust the Cavaliers out of their style …

Maybe, because …

Why Virginia Will Win

Virginia always gets tagged with the boring-offensive-team thing, but it cranked it up over the last two games with a whole lot of threes in wins over Notre Dame and Clemson.

The Cavaliers might not crank up a whole lot of shots from the outside on a regular basis, but they hit well over half of them in three of their last four games. As always, they don’t turn the ball over, they don’t give up cheap fouls, and no one moves the ball around better to come up with easy shots.

What’s Going To Happen

Georgia Tech is playing well enough to come up with the upset if it three are falling right away – it made up for a whole slew of problems in the win over Clemson by hitting just about everything from the outside – but Virginia isn’t going to give up enough easy points to pull it off.

Virginia vs Georgia Tech Prediction, Line

Virginia 74, Georgia Tech 65
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Virginia -8, o/u: 124
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3.5

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