00:00What is going on everyone? Chris from PickDogs.com. I got a free pick for you from this Notre Dame vs.
00:05Virginia college basketball matchup going down on Tuesday, January 1st.
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01:00and Notre Dame...
01:01and this one's coming to us from Purcell Pavilion...
01:05in South Bend...
01:06and you've got Notre Dame coming into this one...
01:08off the win over Boston College...
01:0968-60...
01:1064...
01:11to improve to 11-9 on the year...
01:122-5 in conference play...
01:14while Virginia...
01:15you know...
01:16they fell to 16-3...
01:17they dropped 85-80...
01:18at the hands of North Carolina...
01:20in their...
01:20their last matchup...
01:21and...
01:22you know...
01:23this was a Virginia team that...
01:24you know...
01:25under Ryan Odom...
01:25has really shown some growth...
01:26in year one...
01:27after the whole debacle...
01:28you know...
01:29with...
01:30uh...
01:30with Ron Sanchez...
01:31last year...
01:32following the...
01:33the departure...
01:34of Tony Bennett...
01:35and...
01:36you know...
01:37this is a Virginia team that...
01:38you know...
01:39has the pieces...
01:40and...
01:41it looks like...
01:40you know...
01:41Ryan Odom...
01:42has kept a lot of the same principles...
01:43of Virginia basketball...
01:44in the program...
01:45except this time around...
01:46they're shooting a lot more threes...
01:47and they're...
01:48and they're making them...
01:49at a high rate as well...
01:50but what's also stuck around...
01:51has been the defense...
01:52for Virginia...
01:53that's held...
01:54you know...
01:55three...
01:55of their last six opponents...
01:56to 61 points or less...
01:58including games at home...
01:59against Cal...
02:00on Stanford...
02:01now...
02:02the North Carolina loss...
02:03is a little bit of a shock...
02:04considering that Virginia...
02:05led for that game...
02:06and then just...
02:05absolutely collapsed...
02:06you know...
02:07North Carolina walked in...
02:08and...
02:09you know...
02:10walked out with a victory...
02:11and that was...
02:12that was trailing...
02:13by...
02:14sorry...
02:15that was...
02:16when they were trailing by...
02:15as many as...
02:1616 points...
02:17in the first half...
02:18were the Tar Heels...
02:19in that game...
02:20Virginia...
02:20like I said...
02:21they just let it slip...
02:22and...
02:23you know...
02:24I think this is just a spot...
02:25where...
02:26Virginia...
02:25can bounce back at home.
02:26They were outscored 51-37 in the second half.
02:30In that game, and now, you know, you're taking on a Notre Dame team that, yeah, you know,
02:34if you're Virginia, you're going...
02:35But this is a Notre Dame team that really hasn't shown a whole lot of fight as far as I...
02:40I'm concerned, you know, when you look at their conference numbers, this is a Notre Dame defense.
02:45That, yes, leads the conference in three-point defense, but they can also be attacked everywhere else on the floor.
02:50And Virginia is also the far better rebounding team.
02:53Notre Dame also doesn't force as many...
02:55turnovers to be able to take advantage of one of Virginia's weaknesses, which is at times...
03:00be careless with the basketball.
03:02And Virginia defensively, like I said, this Virginia team...
03:05is just holding it down.
03:06Like, they're second in the ACC in three-point defense, third...
03:10and two-point defense, and Notre Dame's offense, for me, just is not good enough to be able to contend...
03:15compete with that here.
03:16I'm going to roll with Virginia on the road in this one.
03:19That is my free pick.
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