Alabama Crimson Tide vs Auburn Tigers Prediction, 2/11/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Auburn Tigers

Date: Saturday, February 11, 2023

Location: Neville Arena in Auburn, AL

TV: ESPN+

The Alabama Crimson Tide (20-3) are en route to Neville Arena on Saturday where they will play the Auburn Tigers (17-7).

The Alabama Crimson Tide took the court against LSU and earned the victory with a final of 79-69 in their last game. Alabama wrapped up the contest with a 44.8% FG percentage (26 of 58) and made 13 out of their 29 three-point shots. From the charity stripe, the Crimson Tide buried 14 of 15 attempts for a percentage of 93.3%. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they compiled 32 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 19 assists in the game while creating 7 turnovers and earning 4 steals. With regard to defense, Alabama let their opponent shoot 30.6% from the field on 19 of 62 shooting. LSU recorded 11 dimes and had 7 steals for the game. Moreover, LSU had 32 boards (9 offensive, 23 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. LSU ended up shooting 77.4% at the free throw line by knocking down 24 of their 31 shots. They also converted 7 of their 27 shots from beyond the perimeter. With respect to personal fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up with 18 while LSU finished the game with 16 personal fouls.

Noah Clowney is a guy who was a major factor in the matchup. He went 66.7% from the floor and also recorded 1 assist. He saw the court for 32 mins and collected 6 rebounds. He ended up scoring 14 points on 6 out of 9 shooting.

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Alabama comes into this contest with a win-loss record of 20-3 this year. They are turning it over 14.3 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 18.5 personal fouls every game. As a team, Alabama is snagging 44.9 rebounds per contest and has accumulated 345 dimes for the campaign, which has them ranked 99th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. The Crimson Tide are shooting 34.8% on shots beyond the perimeter (238 of 683) and 72.8% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 83.1 pts per game (9th in the country) while shooting 44.2% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Crimson Tide are forcing their opponents into 12.3 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 20.7 fouls. They are conceding 26.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 158th in college hoops in points per game from their opponents (68.7). The Crimson Tide defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 37.3% (562 of 1,507) and they relinquish 38.0 boards per game as a basketball team. They are ranked 28th in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 242 surrendered on the campaign.

In their last game, the Auburn Tigers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 83-78 when they faced Texas A&M. The Tigers were able to snag 22 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 33 for the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 10 times, while getting 10 steals in this matchup. Texas A&M committed 17 fouls for the game which took the Tigers to the free throw line for 14 tries. They were able to bury 9 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 64.3%. In relation to 3-point shots, Auburn converted 9 out of their 24 tries (37.5%). When this game wrapped up, the Tigers shot 30 for 64 from the floor which gave them a rate of 46.9%. The Tigers permitted Texas A&M to convert 23 out of their 54 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.6% for the contest. They shot 33.3% from beyond the arc by shooting 6 out of 18 and walked away from this one shooting 31 out of 39 at the charity stripe (79.5%). In relation to cleaning up the glass, Auburn permitted Texas A&M to snag 34 in total (13 on the offensive side).

Wendell Green ended up being a major contributor for the Tigers for this game. He accumulated 20 points in his 32 minutes on the court and added 6 assists for this game. He knocked down 8 out of 18 for this contest giving him a rate of 44.4%, and had 4 rebounds.

Auburn has a mark of 17-7 for the year. The Tigers commit 19.1 personal fouls every game and they shoot 69.0% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 14.4 times per contest (95th in D-1) and they are losing possession via turnover 12.7 times per contest. Auburn has 1,735 points this season (72.3 per contest) and they collect 37.6 rebounds per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Tigers are hitting on 44.2% from the floor, which ranks 207th in the country.

The Auburn defense gives up 27.2% on 3-pointers (127 of 467) and opponents are making 70.1% of their free throw attempts. They allow 10.3 assists and 34.7 boards per game, which is ranked 24th and 215th in Division 1. The Tigers on the defensive end are ranked 49th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 64.6. They are forcing 13.3 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 38.9% from the field (9th in the nation).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Auburn

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