Louisville Cardinals vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Prediction, 2/1/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Louisville Cardinals vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Location: McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, GA
TV: ESPN+
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-12) will play the Louisville Cardinals (16-5) at McCamish Pavilion on Saturday.

The Louisville Cardinals stepped onto the hardwood against Wake Forest and notched a win by a score of 72-59 in their last game. In reference to fouls, the Cardinals walked away with 15 and Wake Forest accumulated 17 fouls. They converted 8 out of their 21 attempts from long range. Wake Forest went 62.5% at the charity stripe by burying 5 of 8 tries. Furthermore, Wake Forest snagged 36 boards (9 offensive, 27 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Wake Forest distributed 10 assists and had 3 steals in this matchup. With regard to the defense, Louisville allowed the other team to shoot 41.1% from the floor on 23 out of 56 shooting. They also doled out 17 assists in the game in addition to forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and earning 5 steals. When discussing rebounding, they compiled 34 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Cardinals converted 15 of their 21 attempts for a percentage of 71.4%. Louisville finished the game having earned a 39.0% field goal percentage (23 of 59) and converted 11 of 36 3-pointers.
Terrence Edwards is a player who was a factor for the game. He finished shooting 40.0% from the floor but didn't record a dime. He saw the court for 33 mins and pulled down 3 rebounds. He scored 18 points on 6 out of 15 shooting.
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Louisville will play this contest with a record of 16-5 so far this season. They currently have an average of 79.0 points per game (77th in college) while shooting 43.6% from the field. The Cardinals are shooting 31.6% on shots from 3-point land (208 of 658) and 73.9% from the charity stripe. As a team, Louisville is pulling in 38.3 rebounds per contest and has totaled 301 dimes for the year, which has them ranked 146th in the country in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 11.0 times per game and as a team are committing 16.0 fouls per contest.
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Defensively, the Cardinals have forced 13.5 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.4 personal fouls. They give up 35.1% on 3-pointers while they are 109th in D-1 in PPG allowed (69.2). The Cardinals defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 43.5% (526 of 1,208) and they relinquish 33.4 boards per game as a unit. They rank 119th in college in giving up assists with 257 conceded this season.
In their last game, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets went home defeated by a final of 71-68 when they played Notre Dame. The Yellow Jackets pulled down 23 defensive boards and 5 offensive rebounds for a total of 28 in the matchup. They also gave up possession of the ball 7 times, while getting 8 steals in this game. Notre Dame had 13 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Yellow Jackets to the charity stripe for a total of 11 tries. They were able to convert 9 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 81.8%. When talking about shots from 3-point land, Georgia Tech made 5 out of 16 attempts (31.3%). At the conclusion of this game, the Yellow Jackets shot 27 out of 55 from the floor which gave them a rate of 49.1%. The Yellow Jackets allowed Notre Dame to bury 25 of their 53 attempts from the field which had them shooting 47.2% in this game. They shot 43.5% from 3-point land by going 10 of 23 and finished the game at 11 out of 16 at the free throw line (68.8%). Concerning how they rebounded, Georgia Tech permitted Notre Dame to pull down 29 overall (7 on the offensive side).
Naithan George pitched in for the Yellow Jackets for the contest. He had 20 points in his 38 mins of playing time and added 5 dimes for the contest. He made 9 out of 11 in this game for a field goal percentage of 81.8%, and tallied 6 rebounds.
Georgia Tech has a win-loss record of 9-12 this season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Yellow Jackets are shooting 44.4% from the field, which is 209th in the nation. Georgia Tech has earned 1,562 points for the season (74.4 per contest) and they average 36.8 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 15.4 times per contest (84th in college hoops) and they are giving up possession 12.0 times per game. The Yellow Jackets are responsible for committing 17.0 fouls per game and they connect on 67.6% from the free throw line.
The Yellow Jackets on defense are ranked 238th in the nation in points per game surrendered with 73.3. They are forcing their opponents into 11.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 42.4% from the field (123rd in D-1). The Georgia Tech defense allows 35.7% on shots from behind the 3-point line (177 of 496) and opponents are converting on 71.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquish 14.0 assists and 36.0 total rebounds per game, which is ranked 259th and 272nd in D-1.
Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Georgia Tech
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