UNC Greensboro vs VMI 2/2/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The VMI Keydets and the UNC-Greensboro Spartans meet in college basketball action from the Greensboro Coliseum Complex on Wednesday night.

The VMI Keydets will be hoping to add to their 83-79 win over East Tennessee State last time out. Jake Stephens leads the Keydets in scoring and rebounding with 18.8 PPG and 9.1 RPG while Kamdyn Curfman has 17 PPG with 2.6 APG and Trey Bonham has 10.5 PPG with a team-high 3.8 APG to lead VMI in assists while also capping off the trio of double-digit scorers for VMI up to this point in the year. Sean Conway has 9.4 PPG with 6.8 RPG this season. As a team, VMI is averaging 79.3 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 37.9% from behind the arc and 78.8% from three while allowing 71.7 PPG on 39.5% shooting from the field and 32.3% from behind the arc this season.

The UNC-Greensboro Spartans will try to bounce back after an 85-66 road loss to Wofford in their last game. De’Monte Buckingham leads UNCG in scoring and rebounding with 13.9 PPG and 7 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for the Spartans up to this point in the season. Kaleb Hunter and Bas Leyte each have 8.7 PPG with Leyte logging 5.7 RPG while Kobe Langley has a team-high 3.2 APG as well this season. As a team, UNC-Greensboro is averaging 64.1 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 72.9% from the foul line while allowing 64.8 PPG on 41.5% shooting from the field and 33.8% from three this season.

VMI is 8-0 ATS in their last 8 games following a win and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 road games while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. UNC-Greensboro is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 18-6 in their last 24 home games.

I truly get the case that could be made each way here, as the Spartans have been rock solid and VMI’s offense has been known to keep them in games when you wouldn’t expect it. However, I’m going to side with the over here as traditionally, this has been a high-scoring matchup despite UNCG’s great defense, and VMI’s been some kind of shaky defensively on the road this season. Give me the over here.