Cal vs Virginia Tech ACC Tournament betting odds, prediction, pick
Cal vs Virginia Tech ACC Tournament betting odds, prediction, pick Cal and Virginia Tech play one of three first-round games at the ACC Basketball Tournament
We all know that March Madness is a term most people associate with the NCAA Tournament alone. However, serious college basketball fans, the junkies, know this week is as mad as any other week in March, and maybe more so. Do the simple math: In the NCAA Tournament, the first-round Thursday and Friday schedules have 16 games. It's a lot of games we all pick in our brackets, but 16 is nothing compared to the avalanche of daytime tournament basketball we have this week. Cal versus Virginia Tech at the ACC Tournament is one of three ACC first-round games. The ACC Tournament and the other power conference tournament have first-round games, second-round games, and quarterfinals today through Friday. Mutliply all those games, and you have several dozens of games, far more than just the 16 you get in the NCAA tourney.
This is when March Madness truly begins. Let's dive into the Cal versus Virginia Tech matchup as daytime tournament basketball gives us one of the best weeks of the year in American sports.
Let's give you the Cal-Virginia Tech betting odds and take a look at this second game of the ACC Tournament on Tuesday in Charlotte:
Cal vs Virginia Tech game odds:
All college basketball odds via BetMGM
Spread: Cal -3.5 (-115), Virginia Tech +3.5 (-105)
Money Line: Cal -185, Virginia Tech +150
Over-Under: Over 140.5 (-115), Under 140.5 (-105)
Cal vs Virginia Tech prediction, pick:
This is an opening-round game in a conference tournament, folks. What does that mean? It means these are mediocre teams. The SEC Tournament is very rare this year, in that its opening-round games have NCAA Tournament-quality teams, due to the SEC having a chance to get as many as 13 teams into the NCAA Tournament, a rarity. That's not normal. What's normal is for an opening-round conference tournament game -- played on a Tuesday in front of a sparse crowd of family and friends -- to involve two mediocre teams. That's what Cal and Virginia Tech are.
A reminder: This is one of the worst ACC basketball seasons ever. The conference is likely to have 15 teams not make the NCAA Tournament (out of 18). Cal and Virginia Tech finished in the bottom tier of a bad conference. When you consider a betting play, you want to bet on a reliable team. Can you tell yourself either side is reliable here? The pregame bet makes less sense than a live in-game play. If one team goes up 10, you might want to get the trailing team plus 7.5 points if that's available.
Also worth noting: Money is coming in on Cal in this game. We saw the line at 1.5 and then 2.5 before it moved up to 3.5. If you did happen to grab Cal at minus-1.5, you could perhaps get Tech on an adjusted spread and try to middle the bet, which is how all bettors try to make money. You instantly can ensure you won't lose money on this game.
We lean Cal, but we don't like the 3.5 number given that some people could have gotten Cal at 1.5.
Prediction: Cal 71, Virginia Tech 67.
Cal vs Virginia Tech channel, start time, streaming:
Start time: approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, 1:30 p.m. Pacific time -- we say "approximately" because the Pitt-Notre Dame game preceding this game could run long. It's 25 minutes after the end of Pitt-ND.
TV Channel: ACC Network
Live Stream: ESPN Plus
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