The No. 6 Virginia Cavaliers (19-4, 11-3 ACC) visit the Louisville Cardinals (3-22, 1-13) Wednesday. Tip at KFC Yum! Center is set for 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Virginia vs. Louisville odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Virginia benefited from a blown call to reach overtime against Duke Saturday before emerging with a 69-62 victory, covering as a 6-point favorite. Its reward for that victory is the chance to play the worst team in the power conferences — Louisville.
The Cardinals have 3 wins this season and while all of them have come at home a 4th victory is not likely on Wednesday against one of the top teams in the ACC. Louisville, whose only win in its last 10 games was a 68-58 win over Georgia Tech on Feb. 1, has struggled under coach Chris Mack. This team has issues in every aspect of the game, scoring just 64.0 points per game (331st) and allowing 76.1 points per game (325th).