Free College Basketball Picks Today: Vanderbilt Commodores vs Alabama Crimson Tide 1/17/23

Free College Basketball Picks Today: Vanderbilt Commodores vs Alabama Crimson Tide 1/17/23
Tue 17th January 2023

The No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide (15-2, 5-0 SEC), one of the country’s top scoring teams, are on the road to face the Vanderbilt Commodores (9-8, 2-2 SEC) on Tuesday.

Alabama dismantled the LSU Tigers 106-66 at Coleman Coliseum on Saturday, their sixth win in a row. Brandon Miller was a top performer with 31 points and nine rebounds.

The Crimson Tide dropped to second in the Southeastern Conference.Vanderbilt won their fourth in a row at home on Saturday at Memorial Gym, beating the Arkansas Razorbacks 97-84. Tyrin Lawrence had 22 points, carrying the team. The Commodores slipped to seventh in the Southeastern Conference.

This marks the only meeting of the season between the teams. They last met in the Southeastern Conference Tourney second round when the Commodores eliminated the Crimson Tide with an 82-76 victory at Amalie Arena in March 2022.

Alabama triumphed in the only regular season game between the teams last season 76-82 at Amalie Arena in March 2022. Scotty Pippen Jr. led the Commodores with 26 points and seven assists. Jaden Shackelford had 21 points in the loss.

The Crimson Tide have been led this season by Miller, who is averaging 19.5 points per game. Miller also has grabbed 8.2 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Jaden Bradley is dishing 3.8 assists.

Liam Robbins (13.2 ppg) has been the primary provider of the Commodores’ offense. Robbins also has pulled down 5.9 rebounds per game. Ezra Manjon has tallied 3.1 assists per game.

The Crimson Tide are one of the highest-scoring offenses in the country, ranking ninth with 84.4 points per game.In the last 10 games, Alabama is 9-1 with an average margin of +14.6 (84.4-69.8).

Vanderbilt has a 6-4 record over the last 10, scoring 76.2 points per game on average while allowing 71.2 (+5.0 margin).

CRIMSON TIDE HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Jahvon Quinerly: 9.0 | 6.2 | +2.8
Rebounds per game:
Charles Bediako: 4.2 | 6.1 | -1.9
Assists per game:
Jahvon Quinerly: 2.2 | 3.1 | -0.9

COMMODORES HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Jordan Wright: 12.8 | 9.5 | +3.3
Myles Stute: 7.0 | 10.4 | -3.4
Rebounds per game:
Jordan Wright: 5.0 | 3.8 | +1.2
Assists per game:
Jordan Wright: 1.4 | 2.1 | -0.7

SportsTips’ College Basketball Pick:

Alabama -8.5 (-110)

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