NCAA Basketball Odds: Streaking Wake Forest Visits Equally Hot Virginia Tech

Wake's Al-Farouq Aminu might be the ACC's best all-around player. (AP Images)

The two teams playing the best basketball in the ACC right now outside of Duke are No. 25 Wake Forest and unranked Virginia Tech, as both have won four games in a row and six of seven and sit one game behind in the loss column of the conference-leading Dukies. The Hokies have opened as 6-point favorites for Tuesday night’s game on Bodog’s college basketball odds.

As good as Virginia Tech (20-4, 10-8 ATS) has been of late, it has played one of the worst non-conference schedules in all of college basketball and thus could very much use a few wins over ranked teams – Tech is 0-2 against ranked foes this year (and neither of the two are ranked any longer). In fact, the Hokies haven’t beaten a team yet that’s even a lock to get an NCAA Tournament bid; the best win has come against Clemson. Virginia Tech is led by guard Malcolm Delaney, who averages 21.2 points in conference games to lead the ACC. The Hokies don’t have much height and will need forward Jeff Allen to continue to play well tonight; he is averaging 14.6 points in the past five ACC games as opposed to 6.8 in the first five. Three of Virginia Tech's four losses have come when Allen has scored six or fewer.

Wake (18-5, 12-8 ATS) has a huge front line, and its best player is 6-foot-9 future NBA Top 10 pick Al-Farouq Aminu (16.5 points, 10.9 rebounds per game), who is one of only two players in the conference to average double-figures in scoring and rebounding; Wake is second in the ACC in rebounding. The Deacons are also 11-0 this season when holding opponents below 65 points.

When making your college basketball bet on this one, know that Virginia Tech is 13-0 (4-4 ATS) at home this season, while four of Wake’s five losses have come on the road. In addition, Virginia Tech has won two straight in this series, including an upset of the No. 1 Deacons last season in Winston-Salem. Since joining the ACC, Tech is 5-2 in this series.

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