Florida Gators vs Vanderbilt Commodores Prediction, 3/9/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Florida Gators vs Vanderbilt Commodores

Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024

Location: Memorial Gymnasium (TN) in Nashville, TN

TV: SEC Network

The Florida Gators (21-9) are traveling to Memorial Gymnasium (TN) on Saturday where they will take on the Vanderbilt Commodores (8-22).

The Florida Gators played Alabama and earned the victory with a final of 105-87 in their last contest. In the matter of fouls, the Gators finished with 23 while Alabama had 30 fouls. They also made 5 of 23 shots from 3-point land. Alabama went 80.0% when shooting free throws by converting 20 of their 25 attempts. Furthermore, Alabama grabbed 37 boards (14 offensive, 23 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Alabama recorded 6 assists and had 5 steals for this contest. In relation to the defense, Florida allowed the other team to go 44.3% from the field on 31 out of 70 shooting. They also recorded 13 assists for this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 13 turnovers and earning 10 steals. In terms of grabbing rebounds, they collected a total of 36 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Gators knocked down 40 of 46 tries for a percentage of 87.0%. Florida wrapped up the game with a 46.8% FG percentage (29 of 62) and made 7 of 19 shots from 3-point land.

Will Richard is one guy who played a role in this matchup. He recorded 23 points on 8 out of 12 shooting. He played for 31 mins and grabbed 5 rebounds. He finished the game shooting 66.7% from the floor but had no assists when the time ran out.

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Florida heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 21-9 on the season. They are losing possession via turnover 11.9 times per game and as a group they commit 18.0 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Florida is snagging 43.2 boards per game and has tallied 459 dimes so far this season, which has them ranked 68th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Gators are shooting 34.0% on three-point attempts (236 of 694) and 70.5% from the free throw line. They are averaging 85.1 points per outing (7th in D-1) while hitting 45.6% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Gators are able to force 11.0 turnovers per game while drawing 18.9 fouls. They concede 32.0% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are ranked 319th in college hoops in opponents PPG (77.5). The Gators are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.6% (836 of 1,917) and they relinquish 35.6 boards per game as a team. They are ranked 63rd in college hoops in allowing assists with 341 surrendered so far this season.

When they last played, the Vanderbilt Commodores took a loss by a score of 93-77 when they played Kentucky. In the matter of how they cleaned up the glass, Vanderbilt allowed Kentucky to collect 40 in total (12 on the offensive glass). They went 40.7% from 3-point land by connecting on 11 of 27 and ended up shooting 8 out of 9 from the charity stripe (88.9%). The Commodores permitted Kentucky to make 37 of 73 attempts from the field which left them with a rate of 50.7% for the contest. At the conclusion of this game, the Commodores finished shooting 31 for 69 from the floor which had them shooting 44.9%. Pertaining to shots from 3-point land, Vanderbilt converted 5 of 23 tries (21.7%). They were able to make 10 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 76.9%. Kentucky committed 18 personal fouls in this game which got the Commodores to the free throw line for 13 shots. They turned the ball over 8 times, while getting 4 steals for this game. The Commodores earned 24 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 32 for the game.

Tyrin Lawrence pitched in for the Commodores for the matchup. He totaled 23 points in his 37 minutes on the hardwood and had 2 assists for the game. He knocked down 9 of 14 in this contest for a rate of 64.3%, and tallied 9 rebounds.

Vanderbilt has a mark of 8-22 on the season. The Commodores are committing 15.2 fouls per contest and they shoot 70.4% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 9.4 times per game (358th in D-1) and they are turning it over 10.4 times per game. Vanderbilt has accumulated 2,009 points on the season (67.0 per game) and they pull in 34.2 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Commodores are hitting on 39.6% from the field, which ranks them 351st in Division 1.

The Commodores defensively are ranked 277th in D-1 in points given up per game with 75.3. They are forcing 10.7 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 45.4% from the floor (286th in college hoops). The Vanderbilt defense gives up 37.6% on 3-pointers (264 of 702) and their opponents are connecting on 77.3% of their free throw attempts. They have allowed 14.7 assists and 37.3 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 319th and 313th in D-1.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Vanderbilt

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