PREMIUM
3-Game NCAAB SWEEPER PASS
(NCAAB) Miami vs. Wake Forest,
Point Spread: 1.50 | -110.00 Wake Forest (Home)
Result: Win
Point Spread: 1.50 | -110.00 Wake Forest (Home)
Result: Win
The set-up: The Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes are 12-4 (2-2 in ACC) and hope to earn a second consecutive ACC road win at Wake Forest, over the 10-7 Demon Deacons (1-4 in ACC play). The Hurricanes are coming off a dominating 72-46 triumph at Pittsburgh while the Demon Deacons lost 93-87 to No. 9 North Carolina in their most recent game but they showed some positive signs by rallying from a 19-point deficit to get within one before the Tar Heels escaped with the victory.
Miami: Led by guards McClellan (16.3) and Rodriguez (12.6 & 4.2 APG), Miami won 27 games last year, reaching the Sweet 16. That duo is gone but a trio of guards are scoring in double digits this season, Newton (15.2 & 4.0 APG), Reed (14.7 & 4.2) and Brown (11.0), who also averages 7.3 RPG, The team's best frontcourt player is the 6-8 Murphy (6.9 & 7.9). The Hurricanes saw their 21-game home winning streak snapped by Notre Dame back on Jan. 12 but rebounded well at Pittsburgh. Miami's aggressive defense limited the ACC's top two scorers, Pitt's Jamel Artis and Michael Young (who were averaging a combined 44.8 points), to only 17 combined points. Miami enters this game allowing 59.3 PPG, ranking 4th-best in the nation
Wake Forest: This is Danny Manning's third season as Wake's head coach. He was just 13-19 and 11-19 his first two seasons, so the team's 10-7 mark is a noticeable improvement. However, Wake is just 1-4 in ACC play, after going 7-29 the last two seasons. 6-10 sophomore John Collins (15.8 & 8.9) has emerged as one of the ACC's top big men after averaging only 7.3 points and 3.9 rebounds as a freshman. Joining him up front are the 6-10 Konstantinos Mitoglou (10.8 & 6.4) the 6-6 Arians (8.4) and the 7-1 Doral Moore (21 blocks), to give the Demon Deacons the size to match up with Miami's tall and athletic front line. There is no shortage of outside shooting options for Manning, with five of his players having made 20 or more three-point shots. Guards Keyshawn Woods (12.6) and Mitchell Wilbekin (7.2) plus the Austin Arians (8.4) are all shooting better than 40 percent from beyond the arc. Then there is PG Crawford, who is second in scoring at 14.8 PPG and averaginga a team-high 5.8 APG.
The pick: Miami is the better team but Jim Larranaga has yet to win at Wake Forest, since becoming Miami's head coach back at the start of the 2011-12 season (0-2). However, more importantly, Miami is only 1-8 overall in Winston-Salem since joing the ACC. The home tis aeam is an 8* play.
Miami: Led by guards McClellan (16.3) and Rodriguez (12.6 & 4.2 APG), Miami won 27 games last year, reaching the Sweet 16. That duo is gone but a trio of guards are scoring in double digits this season, Newton (15.2 & 4.0 APG), Reed (14.7 & 4.2) and Brown (11.0), who also averages 7.3 RPG, The team's best frontcourt player is the 6-8 Murphy (6.9 & 7.9). The Hurricanes saw their 21-game home winning streak snapped by Notre Dame back on Jan. 12 but rebounded well at Pittsburgh. Miami's aggressive defense limited the ACC's top two scorers, Pitt's Jamel Artis and Michael Young (who were averaging a combined 44.8 points), to only 17 combined points. Miami enters this game allowing 59.3 PPG, ranking 4th-best in the nation
Wake Forest: This is Danny Manning's third season as Wake's head coach. He was just 13-19 and 11-19 his first two seasons, so the team's 10-7 mark is a noticeable improvement. However, Wake is just 1-4 in ACC play, after going 7-29 the last two seasons. 6-10 sophomore John Collins (15.8 & 8.9) has emerged as one of the ACC's top big men after averaging only 7.3 points and 3.9 rebounds as a freshman. Joining him up front are the 6-10 Konstantinos Mitoglou (10.8 & 6.4) the 6-6 Arians (8.4) and the 7-1 Doral Moore (21 blocks), to give the Demon Deacons the size to match up with Miami's tall and athletic front line. There is no shortage of outside shooting options for Manning, with five of his players having made 20 or more three-point shots. Guards Keyshawn Woods (12.6) and Mitchell Wilbekin (7.2) plus the Austin Arians (8.4) are all shooting better than 40 percent from beyond the arc. Then there is PG Crawford, who is second in scoring at 14.8 PPG and averaginga a team-high 5.8 APG.
The pick: Miami is the better team but Jim Larranaga has yet to win at Wake Forest, since becoming Miami's head coach back at the start of the 2011-12 season (0-2). However, more importantly, Miami is only 1-8 overall in Winston-Salem since joing the ACC. The home tis aeam is an 8* play.
