VCU vs Miami Prediction 11-24-24 College Basketball Picks

The Miami Hurricanes and the VCU Rams meet Sunday in College Basketball action from TD Arena. Here’s a VCU vs Miami prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best VCU vs Miami pick.

Miami Hurricanes Betting Preview

The Hurricanes put up a nice start this year, winning their first three Games out of the gate. Miami took out Fairleigh Dickinson, Binghamton and Coppin State in that trio. Game four was a loss to Drake 80-69 however, then came another loss to Oklahoma State.

Matched up against the Cowboys on Friday, Miami was drilled 43-27 in the first half alone. The Hurricanes got better in the second half on a 47-37 run but still lost 80-74. Nijel Pack led the team on 20 points, and Brandon Johnson doubled on 12 points and 10 rebounds.

VCU Rams Betting Preview

Over on the VCU side, they kicked off the season with a string of solid wins. The Rams beat Bellarmine 84-65, Boston College 80-55, Merrimack 63-42 and Loyola MD 83-57 before suffering a close loss 69-66 versus Seton Hall.

On Friday versus Nevada, VCU took another tight loss. The Rams were up comfortably 34-23 going into the second half, then hit the wall on a 41-27 deficit for a 64-61 loss. Zeb Jackson led the way in the defeat with 18 points and seven rebounds.

Why the VCU Rams will win

• Miami (FL) has lost each of its last four games at TD Arena.
• VCU has won each of its last three games against the Atlantic Coast Conference at neutral venues.
• VCU has won the first half in 13 of its last 14 games against non-Conference opponents.

Why the Miami Hurricanes will win

• Miami (FL) has won nine of its last 10 games against the Atlantic 10 Conference.
• VCU has lost three of its last four games played at neutral venues.
• VCU has lost the first half in seven of its last eight Sunday games played at neutral venues.

VCU vs Miami Prediction

I might try Miami here. The Hurricanes got off to an awfully slow start against Oklahoma State on Friday, eventually shooting a tepid 6-of-24 (25 percent) from the field and 16-of-21 (76.2 percent) from the line. Miami did win the rebounding battle 38-34 though, and shot a pretty solid 44.8 percent from the field overall. Still, the Hurricanes have now given up 80 points in consecutive Games. It’s hard to win against that sort of a scoreboard onslaught.

As for VCU, they’re still reeling from their second consecutive three-point loss. The Rams played pretty rough in the second half against Nevada, ultimately shooting a tepid 39.2 percent from the field with a 32-30 rebounding disadvantage. VCU has now scored 66 or fewer points in three of the last four Games, and I’m not confident they can keep a cover pace on Miami.