Virginia Cavaliers take on the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks for what should be one of the more interesting NCAA basketball games today.
Virginia Cavaliers is currently a top-five team in America and has played well to start the season.
They come into this one at 4-0 on the year, while Maryland Eastern Shore isn’t necessarily the same type of team that Virginia is. Although Maryland Eastern Shore is coming off a win, they currently sit at 2-3 on the season.
This is likely going to be the most challenging game on their NCAAB schedule of the season, so expect them to come out and try to compete in this contest. Let’s break it down with our Maryland-Eastern vs Virginia prediction.
Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks vs. Virginia Cavaliers
Matchup Info
- Location: John Paul Jones Arena
- Date and Time: Friday, Nov 25, 6:00 PM
- How to Watch: ESPN
Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks Performance Recap and Analysis
This Maryland-Eastern NCAAB team is going to be coming into this one playing some decent basketball on the season despite the 2-3 record and some of their games.
Although a few of their games haven’t got any way that they want them to, they competed against George Washington and have wins over Marist and Bryn Athyn.
If they can come out and do what they did against Marist in their most recent game, this is a game that could be interesting for a half or so.
Expectations for Pollard Jr.
Nathaniel Pollard Jr. looked like one of the best college basketball players in the conference a couple of days ago at Marist, as he had an incredible game with 20 points and eight rebounds.
When playing a team like Virginia, the top guys have to come out for Maryland Eastern Shore and get the job done.
There’s a reason why the college basketball standings look the way that they do for the Virginia Cavaliers, and if they don’t come out and play well, they’re going to get blown out in this game.
Key Injuries
At the moment, the college basketball injury report is clean. However, this is important to always check, as either team can have injuries before the game starts.
Betting Trends to Know
Maryland Eastern Shore comes into this one at 2-2 against the spread on the season.
During an away game, they’re currently 0-3 as a team. This is an important factor here, considering that this is going to be a home game at Virginia.
Virginia Cavaliers Recap and Analysis
Virginia comes into this one as arguably the top team in America. Although people still do have questions about Virginia and the Virginia Cavaliers schedule throughout the next few weeks with some of the tough opponents that they play, they’ve shown that they can beat any of the best NCAA basketball teams in the country on any given night.
They’ve arguably had the most impressive start to a season out of any team in college basketball as they’ve taken down Baylor and Illinois. They beat both of these teams somewhat easily as well.
Virginia’s Defensive Side
Virginia is all going to start on the defensive side of the basketball, just as they have throughout the past few seasons.
There’s a reason why this team continues to find itself within the top 10 in America every single season, and if they can come out and continue defending at a high level throughout the year, they’re going to find themselves in that spot once again.
Key Injuries
Virginia also doesn’t have any new players on the new injury report. Although, as we’ve mentioned, this can change, so check it out. Virginia is clean on that side for now.
Betting Trends to Know
Virginia is going to be coming into this one at an impressive 4-0 overall and 3-1 against the spread. Surprisingly, three of their first four games have also hit the over this season.
Maryland-Eastern vs. Virginia Odds
Our Maryland-Eastern vs Virginia prediction has to know the NCAAB odds for us to make the best possible pick. Virginia is going to be coming into this one at – 28.5 on the spread line.
Maryland Eastern is going to be coming in at + 28.5, and the over/under is going to be slotted at just 125.5.
Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks vs. Virginia Cavaliers Betting Picks
- Moneyline
The best moneyline bet in this game would just be throwing a dollar on Maryland Eastern Shore to win the game outright because they have + 3500 odds to win this game.
- Over/Under
Our favorite over/under bet in this game is going to be taking the over. Although I don’t expect Maryland Eastern Shore to score more than 50 points, Virginia should be able to dominate them on the offensive side of the basketball.
- Spread
The spread bet that we’re going to be looking at for this game is going to be taking Virginia -28.5. If Virginia comes out and continues doing what they’ve done on the defensive side of the basketball, and their offense can continue playing like this, they should like their chances, and so do I.
Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks vs. Virginia Cavaliers Score Prediction
The final score of this game is going to see Virginia win 97-44 with our Maryland-Eastern vs Virginia prediction.
Once we place both of these bets, we’re going to be able to secure odds of – 110 for both the spread and over bets.
NCAAB Pick: Virginia -28.5 (-110)
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