Alabama Crimson Tide vs Vanderbilt Commodores Prediction, 2/22/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Vanderbilt Commodores

Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Location: Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt) in Nashville, TN

TV: SECN

Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt) is where the Vanderbilt Commodores (14-12) will attempt to beat the Alabama Crimson Tide (17-10) on Tuesday.

The Alabama Crimson Tide played Kentucky and took a loss by a final of 90-81 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up finishing with 16 and Kentucky accounted for 7 personal fouls. They converted 9 out of their 14 tries from downtown. Kentucky finished shooting 78.9% at the free throw line by knocking down 15 of their 19 tries. On top of that, Kentucky collected 36 boards (15 offensive, 21 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Kentucky distributed 13 assists and had 7 steals in the game. Pertaining to defending, Alabama allowed the other team to shoot 53.2% from the floor on 33 out of 62 shooting. They also doled out 15 assists for the matchup as well as creating 7 turnovers and earning 6 steals. When discussing getting rebounds, they earned 30 with 16 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Crimson Tide made 7 of 9 shots for a rate of 77.8%. Alabama finished the game with a 43.5% field goal percentage (30 of 69) and buried 14 out of their 40 three-point shots.

Keon Ellis is someone who had an impact in the game. He finished the game at 62.5% from the floor and recorded 1 assist. He saw the court for 37 minutes and also totaled 5 rebounds. He left the arena with 28 points on 10 of 16 shooting.

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Alabama enters this one with a mark of 17-10 so far this year. They have an average of 80.4 pts per game (12th in Division 1) while connecting on 44.6% from the field. The Crimson Tide are connecting on 31.0% on 3-point shots (249 of 804) and 72.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Alabama is collecting 40.0 boards per game and has earned 392 dimes so far this year, which is 68th in D-1 in terms of passing. They are turning it over 13.8 times per game and as a unit they are committing 18.2 personal fouls per game.

On defense, the Crimson Tide are forcing their opponents into 12.7 turnovers per contest while drawing 18.3 fouls. They are currently ranked 178th in Division 1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 329 conceded so far this year. The Crimson Tide defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 43.2% (730 of 1,690) and they surrender 36.7 boards per contest as a unit. They relinquish 32.7% on shots from beyond the arc and they are 327th in the nation in PPG allowed (76.0).

In their last game, the Vanderbilt Commodores got the victory with a final of 72-67 when they played Texas A&M. Regarding team rebounding, Vanderbilt permitted Texas A&M to get 36 in all (9 offensive). They shot 23.8% from 3-point land by going 5 of 21 and ended up going 18 out of 23 from the charity stripe (78.3%). The Commodores permitted Texas A&M to convert 22 of their 56 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 39.3% in this contest. When all was said and done, the Commodores finished shooting 24 out of 53 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 45.3%. In regard to three-point attempts, Vanderbilt knocked down 4 of their 19 tries (21.1%). They were able to make 20 of them for a percentage of 69.0%. Texas A&M was called for 25 fouls in this game which took the Commodores to the free throw line for a total of 29 shots. They also coughed it up 17 times, while recording 13 steals for this contest. The Commodores were able to collect 25 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 32 for the contest.

Scotty Pippen ended up having an impact for the Commodores for this contest. He made 8 out of 16 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and tallied 6 rebounds. He scored 24 points in his 38 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 1 assist in the matchup.

Vanderbilt has a win-loss record of 14-12 on the year. The Commodores commit 18.0 personal fouls per contest and they hit 69.0% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 10.9 times per game (321st in the nation) and they are turning it over 13.5 times per contest. Vanderbilt has accounted for 1,802 points this season (69.3 per game) and they collect 34.0 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Commodores are connecting on 41.9% from the field, which is ranked 292nd in the nation.

The Vanderbilt defense surrenders 30.2% on shots from 3-point land (176 of 582) and their opponents are knocking down 72.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They have allowed 12.7 dimes and 35.2 boards per contest, which has them ranked 195th and 215th in those categories. The Commodores are ranked 106th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 66.7. They have forced 15.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 42.1% from the floor (126th in college basketball).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Alabama

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