In the Quarterfinals of the NIT, the Georgia Bulldogs will take on the Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday. The Georgia Bulldogs are the 4th seed, as they beat Xavier and Wake Forest so far in the tournament. The Bulldogs are 19-16 on the season, after struggling during SEC play.
For Ohio State, they are the 2nd seed. The Buckeyes beat Cornell on Tuesday by 5 and then Virginia Tech by 8 on Saturday. The Buckeyes are 22-13 on the season. They finished 9th in the Big Ten during the regular season.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are -8.5 over the Georgia Bulldogs in this game. The total is 150.5.
Bulldogs Looking to Move to Final Four
For Georgia, they are looking to keep their season alive, after a really tough SEC season. The Bulldogs lost four out of their final five regular season games. Those losses came to Auburn, LSU, Texas A+M and Auburn again. The lone win during that time came over Ole Miss.
The Bulldogs’ top scorer has been Noah Thomasson, who scores 12.9 points per game. The only other player for Georgia scoring double digits per game is Jabri Abdur-Rahim, who did not play in the recent win over Wake Forest with a foot injury. Thommasson was the key scorer with 19 in that game.
The Bulldogs as a team are scoring 74.8 points per game. They struggle shooting the basketball, as they are currently 279th in the country, making less than 43% of their shots. The Bulldogs turn the ball over 11.1 times per game, and pick up just over 6 steals per game.
Buckeyes Red Hot Basketball
The Ohio State Buckeyes have played great basketball as of late. After firing head coach Chris Holtmann, the Buckeyes have taken off. He was fired after a loss on the road at Wisconsin. Since then, Ohio State has won 8 out of their last 10 games. In the Big Ten Tournament, they beat Iowa, but then fell by three to Illinois.
In the win over Cornell, Isaiah Gray poured in a game high 19 points. Off the bench, Guy Ragland was able to add 17 points. Then, against Virginia Tech, Ohio State saw five guys score double figures. The leading score was Jamison Battle, as he went for 21 points and 10 rebounds.
On the season, the top scorer has been Bruce Thornton, with 15.8 per game. Battle is second on the team with just over 15 per game, while Roddy Gayle has been strong as well, with 13.6 per game. The Buckeyes as a team are scoring 75.5 points per game.
Buckeyes Stay Hot; beat Bulldogs
Ohio State is a really hot basketball team right now. They seem to have their groove going, and pressing all the right buttons. WHen push comes to shove, we are going to take Ohio State from the Big Ten to win this game and head to the NIT FInal Four.
Our final bet for this game is the Ohio State Buckeyes -8.5 over the Georgia Bulldogs. We will take Ohio State 80-70! Good luck with all your NCAA Basketball betting and enjoy the game!
