The Pittsburgh Panthers host the Virginia Tech Hokies in an ACC game that will take place at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 7 PM ET. The linesmaker had an early line of Pitt -1 before rising to the current point spreas of panthers -4. The total line for this game has shot up to 150 points at some betting venues after an original offering of 147.5.
Virginia Tech is coming off an 80-78 double-overtime win over a ranked Virginia team in their last game where they covered the spread as a 5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 158, which was well over the closing line of 132.5. The Hokies have covered the spread in their last two games after failing to do so in three straight games and previous to the Virginia game the total had gone under in two straight games. Virginia Tech had lost two in a row before their win over Virginia.
Pittsburgh is coming off an 80-75 win over Syracuse in their last game where they covered the spread as a 1-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 155, which was over the closing line of 145. The Panthers have covered the spread in their last four games and in their last two games the total has gone over while in their previous three games the total went under. Pittsburgh has won two straight games after losing eight in a row.
Offensively, Virginia Tech is putting up 79.2 points per game on a 48.4% FG average, which ranks 18th in the nation. On the defensive side of things the Hokies are allowing 73.5 points per game on a 44% FG average.
Pittsburgh is putting up 76.7 points per game on a 45.7% FG average. On defense the Panthers are allowing 76.9 points per game on a 45.5% FG average.
These teams met in the beginning of late month at Syracuse where the Orange beat the Panthers 77-66.
Virginia Tech Hokies at Pittsburgh Panthers Betting Trends
- Virginia Tech is 2-4 against the spread in their last 6 road games.
- The Hokies are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games on the road in Pittsburgh.
- The game total has gone over in 6 of Pittsburgh’s last 8 home games.
- Pittsburgh is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 home games.
- The Panthers are 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 games against Virginia Tech.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh have the public leaning to the home Panthers minus the 3.5 points with over 66%. The over/under bettors are also betting that this game will go over the posted total of 147.5 points with 67% on board.
