NC State vs. Florida State Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/1/23

The Florida State Seminoles and the NC State Wolfpack meet in college basketball action from the PNC Arena on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

NC State is listed as a 9.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -450. The total for this game is set at 150.5 points.

Injuries

For Florida State, Naheem McCloud is the most recent injury announcement as he’s doubtful for this game with an illness. For NC State, Jack Clark remains out indefinitely with a hip injury while Dusan Mahorcic is out until early February with a knee injury.

Matchup History

Florida State’s 89-76 win over NC State back on March 5^th, 2022, made it 5 straight wins for the ‘Noles and 8 wins in the last 9 meetings between these two teams.

Trends

Florida State is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 7-20-1 ATS in their last 28 road games while the over is 4-1-1 in their last 6 games following an ATS win. NC State is 3-13-2 ATS in their last 18 home games against a team with a road winning percentage below .400 and 0-8 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the under is 7-2-1 in their last 10 games following a win.

Pick

I’m sticking with Florida State and the points here. I think that NC State likely wins this game, but Florida State has a history of beating on the Wolfpack and that has to give them some hope here. NC State’s been winning games but they’ve been winning close ones more often than not and I think we’re in for another tight one here. Give me the Seminoles and the points here.