The Clemson Tigers and New Mexico Lobos face off in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Basketball Tournament. This Clemson Tigers team found success early in the regular season, winning 11 of their first 12 games. A poor start to the ACC regular season made Clemson’s record look much worse than it should have been. As for New Mexico, they ripped off four straight wins in the Mountain West Tournament to make the NCAA Tournament.
Below, we will preview this NCAA Tournament college basketball game, giving a Clemson vs New Mexico prediction and other March Madness expert picks. Which school will win and keep their hopes of winning the championship trophy alive?
Clemson vs New Mexico Prediction and March Madness Expert Picks
2024 NCAA Tournament
No. 6 Clemson Tigers (21-11) vs. No. 11 New Mexico Lobos (26-9)
Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
Time: 3:10 PM EST
Venue: FedEx Forum — Memphis, TN
Coverage: TruTV
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Clemson vs New Mexico March Madness Odds
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Moneyline: CLEM: (+110) | NM: (-130)
Point Spread: CLEM: +2 (-110) | NM: -2 (-110)
Total: 150.5 — Over: (-110) | Under: (-110)
KenPom Rankings | Bracketology
KenPom Rankings are from KenPom.com
| Team | Rk | AdjO | AdjD | AdjT |
| Clemson | 34 | 117.4 (27) | 100.5 (67) | 66.1 (260) |
| New Mexico | 23 | 115.4 (41) | 96.5 (23) | 72.7 (8) |
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Clemson vs New Mexico College Basketball Trends
- Clemson is 10-1 in non-conference college basketball games this season.
- New Mexico is 12-1 in non-conference college basketball games this season.
- The OVER is 17-15 in Clemson basketball games this season.
- The OVER is 17-17 in Samford basketball games this season.
- Clemson is 0-1 in NCAA Tournament games since 2019.
- New Mexico is 0-0 in NCAA Tournament games since 2019.
Clemson vs New Mexico Prediction | March Madness Expert Picks
The Clemson Tigers are one of the more underrated teams in the country this season. In the regular season, they took down UAB, Boise State, Alabama, South Carolina, TCU and North Carolina. All of those teams are currently in the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers are led by senior forward P.J. Hall. He averages 18.8 PPG and is pretty much unstoppable in the paint. Outside of the paint though, Clemson can get hot from the outside. Hall shoots 32% from the three-point line and Syracuse transfer Joe Girard shoots 42.5% from the three-point line.
It seems like the New Mexico Lobos are getting a lot of love right now and for good reason. They won the Mountain West Tournament where their closest game was a 10-point win against Boise State. The Lobos excel on the offensive side of the ball, making 29.9 shots per game (10th in the country). They take most of those shots inside the arc, as the Lobos lead the country in two-point attempts at 45.5 per game. Jaelen House leads the Lobos in scoring, scoring 16.1 PPG on 37.7% from the field.
I am going to guess that this is going to be a big upset pick for a lot of people in the tournament. While New Mexico is certainly the hotter of the two teams, Clemson does have the best player in this game in Hall. He has produced big-time in big games, especially against North Carolina, which makes me like them a little more in this one. For our Clemson vs New Mexico prediction, we are picking the Clemson Tigers to win and move on in the NCAA Tournament.
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