#682 ASA PLAY ON 8* Georgia Tech -9 over Miami FL, Thursday at 2:30 PM ET - The Canes are coming off back to back upset win as they topped Pitt as a 3.5 point dog on Tuesday and Clemson as an 8 point dog yesterday. Now they are playing their 3rd straight game vs a Georgia Tech team that is playing their first game of the ACC tourney. That’s a huge advantage for the Jackets especially considering Miami’s lack of depth. The Canes have 6, count em’, 6 scholarship players on their roster right now. That obviously means their starters have logged nearly all of the minutes the last 2 days and that would be the case as they have played 351 of the 400 available minutes. That makes it really tough here coming back for the 3rd straight day in an early day game. The Canes have played WAY above their heads on offense their last 3 games. This is a team that ranks 14th in the ACC (15 team league) in offensive efficiency and eFG%. They also rank 330th nationally hitting only 29% of their 3-pointers. In their last 3 games they’ve averaged 1.14 PPP, 1.13 PPP, and 1.08 PPP from a team that averages just 0.94 PPP in ACC play. With dead legs on Thursday, we have to guess those numbers push back toward or even below their season average. Georgia Tech has had 6 days off and comes in on a 6 game winning streak. They were 11-6 in ACC play with their only losses coming vs Virginia (twice), FSU, Duke, Louisville, and Clemson. Against the bottom 4 teams in the ACC, of which Miami is one, the Jackets were 4-0 winning by an average of 15 PPG. They faces the Canes just a few weeks ago and destroyed them 87-60 on the road. Miami attempted 21 FT’s and GT attempted 4 and the Yellow Jackets still won by nearly 30. We like Tech to roll to a double digit win here.