The Villanova Wildcats (4-5) and Boston College Eagles (5-5) meet in a Saturday neutral-site affair at the Never Forget Tribute Classic in Newark, N.J. The opening tip at the Prudential Center will be at 5 p.m. ET (FOX). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Villanova vs. Boston College odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Villanova is coming off a 70-59 home win over Penn (Dec. 7). The favored-by-14.5 Wildcats were tagged with an ATS loss in that game and are just 1-4 ATS since Nov. 24. ‘Nova has shot just 41.5% from the field over that stretch.
The Eagles last played Tuesday, dropping a 74-71 overtime affair against New Hampshire. Boston College was a -14.5 favorite in that one; the Eagles are 1-3 ATS across their last 4 games. BC shooting has been all-around ineffective; 3-point accuracy mark of 26.8% has the squad ranked in the bottom-50 in NCAA-I.
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