Alabama Crimson Tide vs Florida Gators Prediction, 1/5/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Florida Gators

Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Location: Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, FL

TV: ESPN2

The Florida Gators (9-3) will take on the Alabama Crimson Tide (10-3) at Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Wednesday.

The Alabama Crimson Tide stepped onto the hardwood against Tennessee and walked away with a win by a score of 73-68 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Crimson Tide finished with 17 while Tennessee totaled 19 personal fouls. They also converted 7 out of their 29 tries from distance. Tennessee finished the game at 85.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 17 of their 20 attempts. Additionally, Tennessee grabbed 34 boards (10 offensive, 24 defensive), but didn't have a block. Tennessee doled out 10 dimes and had 10 steals in the matchup. When it comes to the defense, Alabama allowed 34.9% from the floor on 22 of 63 shooting. They also distributed 11 assists in the matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and getting 7 steals. Regarding grabbing boards, they earned a total of 42 with 10 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Crimson Tide converted 14 of their 21 shots for a percentage of 66.7%. Alabama finished the contest having earned a 43.3% field goal percentage (26 out of 60) and converted 7 out of their 31 shots from downtown.

Noah Gurley is a guy who came through for this contest. He finished the contest at 80.0% from the field but didn't record a dime. He saw the court for 32 minutes and also grabbed 10 rebounds. He recorded 20 points on 8 out of 10 shooting.

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Alabama enters this contest with a record of 10-3 for the year. They cough up possession 13.8 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 17.7 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Alabama is grabbing 41.1 rebounds per game and has tallied 194 dimes on the year, which is 101st in D-1 in terms of passing. The Crimson Tide are shooting 32.8% on shots beyond the perimeter (126 of 384) and 68.0% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 82.2 points per contest (18th in the country) while hitting 46.9% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Crimson Tide have forced 12.5 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 17.9 personal fouls. They rank 162nd in Division 1 in allowing assists with 153 surrendered on the campaign. The Crimson Tide are allowing a shooting percentage of 42.5% (348 of 819) and they relinquish 35.0 rebounds per game as a unit. They give up 29.5% on 3-point attempts while they are 284th in college hoops in PPG allowed (72.9).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Florida Gators went home victorious with a score of 87-62 when they faced Stony Brook. The Gators were able to corral 24 defensive boards and 15 offensive boards for a total of 39 for the contest. They turned the ball over 16 times, while recording 11 steals in this game. Stony Brook committed 17 fouls in this game which took the Gators to the free throw line for a total of 20 tries. They were able to convert 15 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 75.0%. In relation to 3-pointers, Florida made 8 out of their 23 tries (34.8%). Overall, the Gators went 32 out of 60 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 53.3%. The Gators allowed Stony Brook to convert 28 out of their 54 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 51.9% for this game. They wrapped up this game 26.3% from three-point range by going 5 out of 19 and ended up going 1 of 6 at the free throw line (16.7%). When it comes to rebounding, Florida allowed Stony Brook to grab 19 overall (4 on the offensive glass).

Phlandrous Fleming was important for the Gators for the game. He had 20 points in his 25 minutes on the court and accumulated 2 assists for the game. He buried 6 out of 8 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 75.0%, and accounted for 4 rebounds.

Florida has a win-loss mark of 9-3 for the season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Gators are hitting on 43.0% from the field, which has them ranked 235th in college basketball. Florida has totaled 888 pts on the year (74.0 per game) and they pull down 37.3 boards per contest. They are dishing out assists 13.1 times per contest (199th in college basketball) and they turn the ball over 13.0 times per contest. The Gators commit 15.3 personal fouls per contest while shooting 72.8% from the charity stripe.

The Gators on the defensive end are ranked 25th in Division 1 in points allowed per contest with 59.9. They have forced 17.3 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 43.0% from the floor (220th in D-1). The Florida defense surrenders 28.7% on 3-point attempts (52 of 181) and their opponents are connecting on 62.8% of their foul shots. They have allowed 9.7 assists and 33.2 rebounds per contest, which is 27th and 112th in college basketball.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Florida and under the total points

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