Alabama Crimson Tide vs Auburn Tigers Prediction, 3/8/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Auburn Tigers

Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025

Location: Neville Arena in Omaha, NE

TV: ESPN+

The Auburn Tigers (27-3) will try to defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide (23-7) at Neville Arena on Saturday.

The Alabama Crimson Tide stepped onto the hardwood against Florida and ended up losing by a score of 99-94 in their last contest. Alabama wrapped up the contest with a 47.2% field goal percentage (34 of 72) and made 9 out of their 25 3-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Crimson Tide knocked down 17 of 25 attempts for a percentage of 68.0%. When it comes to grabbing boards, they collected 32 with 9 of them being offensive. They also doled out 18 assists in the game while forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and having 5 steals. With respect to defense, Alabama allowed their opponent to shoot 48.6% from the floor on 35 out of 72 shooting. Florida recorded 14 dimes and had 6 steals in the game. On top of that, Florida pulled down 46 rebounds (14 offensive, 32 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Florida went 72.4% from the free throw line by knocking down 21 of 29 attempts. They knocked down 8 of their 27 attempts from downtown. When discussing personal fouls, the Crimson Tide finished with 19 while Florida racked up 19 personal fouls.

Mark Sears is one guy who came through in this contest. He was able to score 30 points on 10 of 24 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 38 minutes played and also collected 6 rebounds. He finished the contest at 41.7% from the field and totaled 5 assists.

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Alabama comes into this contest with a mark of 23-7 this year. They are averaging 91.1 points per game (1st in D-1) while hitting 48.3% from the field. The Crimson Tide are connecting on 35.1% on shots from downtown (315 of 897) and 71.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, Alabama is snagging 43.4 boards per contest and has totaled 506 assists on the season, which is 24th in the country in terms of passing. They turn it over 12.9 times per contest and as a group are committing 18.9 fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Crimson Tide have forced 10.4 turnovers per contest while drawing 21.0 fouls. They are giving up 30.1% on three-point shots and they rank 353rd in the country in points per game allowed (80.7). The Crimson Tide are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 42.1% (861 of 2,046) and they surrender 36.7 rebounds per game as a team. They currently rank 92nd in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 365 conceded on the season.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Auburn Tigers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 83-72 when they faced Texas A&M. When talking about how they rebounded, Auburn allowed Texas A&M to grab 39 in total (22 offensive). They finished 36.0% from 3-point land by hitting 9 of 25 and finished the contest at 18 out of 25 at the charity stripe (72.0%). The Tigers allowed Texas A&M to knock down 28 out of 65 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 43.1% for the game. When all was said and done, the Tigers walked away from this one shooting 25 out of 50 from the field which gave them a rate of 50.0%. In reference to shots from downtown, Auburn knocked down 9 out of 22 attempts (40.9%). They were able to knock down 13 of the free throws for a rate of 86.7%. Texas A&M had 15 personal fouls for the contest which got the Tigers to the free throw line for a total of 15 shots. They turned the ball over 11 times, while recording 8 steals in the game. The Tigers earned 16 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 24 for this contest.

Tahaad Pettiford ended up being a factor for the Tigers in this matchup. He had 19 points in his 35 mins on the court and had 2 assists for the game. He knocked down 6 of 11 for the contest giving him a field goal percentage of 54.5%, and tallied 2 rebounds.

Auburn has a win-loss mark of 27-3 for the season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Tigers are hitting on 48.5% from the field, which has them ranked 25th in college. Auburn has earned 2,549 pts so far this season (85.0 per contest) and they pull down 37.5 boards per game. They are earning an assist 16.4 times per contest (33rd in Division 1) and they turn it over 9.2 times per contest. The Tigers are committing 18.5 personal fouls every game and they go 75.0% from the free throw line.

The Tigers are ranked 95th in the nation in PPG surrendered with 69.2. They are forcing 12.0 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 40.5% from the floor (30th in the nation). The Auburn defense gives up 29.6% on 3-pointers (177 of 597) and their opposition makes 72.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 9.4 assists and 33.2 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is ranked 3rd and 111th in D-1.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Alabama

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