Alabama Crimson Tide vs Missouri Tigers Prediction, 1/21/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Missouri Tigers

Date: Saturday, January 21, 2023

Location: Mizzou Arena in Columbia, MO

TV: SECN

The Missouri Tigers (14-4) welcome the Alabama Crimson Tide (16-2) at Mizzou Arena on Saturday.

The Alabama Crimson Tide faced Vanderbilt and notched a win by a score of 78-66 in their last contest. In regard to personal fouls, the Crimson Tide walked away with 19 and Vanderbilt recorded 19 personal fouls. They converted 6 of their 33 attempts from distance. Vanderbilt finished shooting 80.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 16 of their 20 shots. Additionally, Vanderbilt snagged 40 rebounds (12 offensive, 28 defensive), but didn't have a block. Vanderbilt dished out 8 dimes and had 6 steals in this matchup. With regard to the defense, Alabama allowed the other team to shoot 30.1% from the field on 22 out of 73 shooting. They also doled out 10 assists in this contest while forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and having 3 steals. In reference to rebounding, they collected 43 with 10 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Crimson Tide knocked down 14 of 17 shots for a percentage of 82.4%. Alabama finished the contest with a 43.8% FG percentage (28 out of 64) and converted 8 of their 30 three-point shots.

Brandon Miller is a player who was a major contributor in this matchup. He racked up 30 points on 10 of 16 shooting. He was on the court for 37 mins and pulled down 10 rebounds. He finished the game at 62.5% from the field and also totaled 1 assist.

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Alabama will play this contest with a record of 16-2 on the year. They have an average of 84.0 points per game (10th in the country) while hitting 44.5% from the field. The Crimson Tide are shooting 35.0% on 3-pointers (185 of 528) and 71.6% from the free throw line. As a unit, Alabama is pulling in 46.0 rebounds per game and has earned 268 assists for the season, which has them ranked 113th in the country in terms of passing. They are turning it over 15.2 times per contest and as a unit they commit 19.1 fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Crimson Tide have forced 12.2 turnovers every game and they draw 21.3 personal fouls. They give up 27.3% on shots from downtown while they are 185th in college hoops in PPG allowed (69.3). The Crimson Tide defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 37.1% (444 of 1,196) and they relinquish 38.1 boards per game as a squad. They are ranked 33rd in D-1 in giving up assists with 188 surrendered so far this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Missouri Tigers went home victorious with a score of 79-76 when they faced Arkansas. The Tigers earned 11 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 18 for this contest. They also turned the ball over 11 times, while getting 13 steals for this game. Arkansas committed 33 fouls in this game which got the Tigers to the free throw line for a total of 40 tries. They were able to convert 30 of the free throw tries for a rate of 75.0%. In regard to shooting from 3-point land, Missouri converted 5 out of 20 attempts (25.0%). At the conclusion of this game, the Tigers shot 22 out of 49 from the field which gave them a percentage of 44.9%. The Tigers allowed Arkansas to knock down 23 of 50 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 46.0% in the matchup. They finished shooting 41.2% from three-point range by hitting 7 of 17 and ended up shooting 23 out of 26 at the free throw line (88.5%). In relation to cleaning the glass, Missouri permitted Arkansas to grab 38 in all (11 offensive).

Kobe Brown ended up being important for the Tigers in this contest. He earned 17 points in his 37 mins of playing time and had 2 dimes in this game. He knocked down 6 out of 10 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and earned 6 rebounds.

Missouri has a record of 14-4 on the season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Tigers are shooting 48.7% from the field, which is ranked 20th in Division 1. Missouri has earned 1,514 points on the season (84.1 per contest) and they collect 31.1 boards per game. They are getting an assist 17.4 times per game (16th in Division 1) and they are giving up possession 11.7 times per contest. The Tigers are responsible for committing 19.3 fouls per contest and they connect on 75.4% from the free throw line.

The Tigers on defense are ranked 326th in the country in points per game surrendered with 75.4. They are forcing 18.9 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 44.9% from the floor (277th in college hoops). The Missouri defense concedes 36.3% on shots from distance (161 of 444) and their opponents are knocking down 74.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 13.9 dimes and 37.2 boards on a nightly basis, ranking them 267th and 313th in college hoops.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Missouri

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