The Boston College Eagles face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the first round of the ACC tournament in a game that will be held at the neutral site at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York at 2 PM ET. The point spread odds on this game opened with the Demon Deacons as a -10.5 favorite, but it has moved sharply to Wake Forest -13. The O/U line has been on a freefall sinking to 157.5 from its 161.5 opener.
Boston College is coming off an 82-68 loss to Clemson in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 12.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 150, which was under the closing line of 150.5. The Eagles have failed to cover the spread in seven of their last eight games, including their last four, and in their last two games the total has gone under while in the previous two games the total went over. Boston College has lost their last 14 games.
Wake Forest is coming off an 89-84 win over Virginia Tech in their last game where they covered the spread as a 1-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 173, which was over the closing line of 162. The Demon Deacons have covered the spread in three of their last four games, including their last two, and in four of their last five games, including their last two, the total has gone over. Wake Forest has won three straight games since losing back-to-back games against Clemson and a ranked Duke team.
Offensively, Boston College is putting up 72.3 points per game on a 44.9% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Eagles are allowing 77.2 points per game on a 46.8% FG average.
Wake Forest is putting up 82.1 points per game on a 47% FG average. On defense the Demon Deacons are allowing 77.2 points per game on a 45.1% FG average.
This season Wake Forest beat Boston College twice.
Boston College Eagles at Wake Forest Demon Deacons Betting Trends
- Boston College is 1-7 against the spread in their last 8 games overall.
- The Eagles are 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games against the Demon Deacons.
- The game total has gone over in 12 of Boston College’s last 17 games against Wake Forest.
- Wake Forest is 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games overall.
- The Demon Deacon’s are 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 games against Boston College.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Boston College and Wake Forest have the public leaning slightly to the home Demon Deacons minus the 13 points with just 57%. The over/under bettors are banking on this game staying under the posted total line of 159 with just 55% on board.
