Northwestern vs Florida Atlantic Picks and Prediction – 3/22/2024

The No. 8 seeded Florida Atlantic Owls will play the No. 9 seeded Northwestern Wildcats on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Florida Atlantic finished the regular season 25-8 overall and 14-4 in the American Athletic Conference. Florida Atlantic was defeated by Temple in the AAC tournament 74-73 snapping a four-game winning streak for the Owls. Make sure you stay up to date with College Basketball with our College Basketball picks.

The leading scorer for Florida Atlantic is Johnell Davis with an average of 18.2 points per game and Davis is also the leader in assists with an average of 3.0 per game. Vladislav Goldin is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.8 per game. Florida Atlantic has three players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 82.5 points per game. 

The Northwestern Wildcats completed their regular season with an overall record of 21-11 and 12-8 in the Big Ten. Northwestern was defeated by Wisconsin 70-61 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament last Friday. Northwestern struggled to end the season as the Wildcats lost three of the last four since a three-game winning streak. Northwestern finished fourth in the Big 10.

Boo Buie is leading Northwestern in scoring and assists with averages of 19.2 points and 5.1 assists per game, while Brooks Barnhizer is the second leading scorer in the leading rebounder with averages of 14.6 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Northwestern has four players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team the Wildcats averaged 73.7 points per game during the regular season.