Joe D'Amico's ACC GAME OF THE MONTH

Game 710.

6:00 pm pst.

The 14th ranked Virginia Cavaliers roll into PNC Arena angry and looking for redemption. The team comes off their first loss since the end of December. Following a seven game SU win streak (5-2 ATS), the Cavaliers couldn’t do anything right in Saturday’s, 65-51 embarrassing loss to rival, Hokies (as a five-point favorite). This is a team that was way off their stellar numbers of hitting nearly 40% from beyond the arc and an overall 50% from the floor (39.3% and 49.5%). They face a mediocre NC State Wolfpack squad that enters this contest dropping five of their last six SU and covering just twice since mid-December (2-8 ATS run). To make matters worse, they just lost their floor general and leading-scorer, Devon Daniels (16.5 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 3.1 APG, 1.7 SPG) a week ago. The starting back court trio of Murphy III, Clark, and Beekman will control the tempo while forwards, Hauser and Huff (28.4 PPG and 13.3 RPG combined) will go uncontested in the paint. Especially if NC State’s best rebounder, Funderburk (check status) misses another outing. The Cavaliers are 30-13-1 ATS L44 on the road, 7-0 ATS L7 following an ATS loss, and 4-1 ATS L5 overall. The Wolfpack are 1-4 ATS L5 at home, 0-5 ATS L5 following a SU loss, and 2-7-1 ATS L10 vs. teams with a SU winning record. Take Virginia. Thank you.