Virginia Tech at Ohio State

Virginia Tech and Ohio St. will meet at Ohio St. in second round NIT action. Virginia Tech looked to be an NCAA Tournament early in the season, but over their last 12 games they went just 6-6. The Hokies are mostly an average team on both sides of the ball as is Ohio St. These teams are fairly evenly matched, so I think the winner will be the team that plays defense for 40 minutes. Virginia Tech is now 23-12 to the under in their last 35 non-conference games, and the Buckeyes usually play well defensively at home when they are a favorite where they are 174-138 to the UNDER in their last 312 games in that situation. Hard to duck a long term trend with mediocre offenses. Make the play UNDER the total.