Tennessee Volunteers vs Texas A&M Aggies Prediction, 2/22/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tennessee Volunteers vs Texas A&M Aggies

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025

Location: Reed Arena in Baton Rouge, LA

TV: ESPN+

The Tennessee Volunteers (21-5) are headed to Reed Arena on Saturday where they will meet the Texas A&M Aggies (20-6).

The Tennessee Volunteers stepped onto the hardwood against Vanderbilt and earned the victory with a final of 81-76 in their last game. When it comes to fouls, the Volunteers finished with 13 while Vanderbilt recorded 21 fouls. They also converted 12 out of their 27 tries from 3-point range. Vanderbilt finished shooting 71.4% when shooting free throws by making 10 of their 14 tries. In addition, Vanderbilt snagged 26 boards (6 offensive, 20 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Vanderbilt doled out 13 assists and had 3 steals in this matchup. When talking about the defense, Tennessee allowed the other team to shoot 45.8% from the field on 27 of 59 shooting. They also doled out 17 assists for this contest as well as forcing the other team into 5 turnovers and earning 1 steal. Concerning rebounding, they collected 27 with 2 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Volunteers converted 14 of 22 attempts for a percentage of 63.6%. Tennessee walked away from the game with a 55.8% field goal percentage (29 out of 52) and converted 9 out of their 21 shots from downtown.

Zakai Zeigler is one player who was important for this contest. He finished the game shooting 63.6% from the floor and also earned 8 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes played but concluded the game with no rebounds. He notched 22 points on 7 of 11 shooting.

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Tennessee heads into this game with a win-loss record of 21-5 for the campaign. They cough up possession 10.7 times per contest and as a team they are committing 14.6 fouls every game. As a team, Tennessee is snagging 37.9 boards per game and has 411 dimes this season, which ranks 66th in the country in terms of passing the ball. The Volunteers are shooting 34.1% on shots from beyond the arc (219 of 642) and 74.5% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 74.6 pts per game (174th in Division 1) while shooting 45.5% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Volunteers have forced 12.5 turnovers every game while drawing 17.0 personal fouls. They are giving up 28.2% on shots from downtown and they are 4th in D-1 in points per game allowed (60.5). The Volunteers defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 37.0% (545 of 1,471) and they concede 31.1 rebounds per game as a team. They are ranked 6th in college in allowing assists to their opponents with 246 conceded so far this year.

When they last played, the Texas A&M Aggies took a loss by a score of 70-54 when they played Mississippi State. In relation to how they rebounded, Texas A&M allowed Mississippi State to snag 31 in all (5 on the offensive side). They shot 36.0% from behind the 3-point line by going 9 of 25 and walked away from this one shooting 17 out of 20 at the free throw line (85.0%). The Aggies allowed Mississippi State to bury 22 of 51 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 43.1% in this game. When this game wrapped up, the Aggies finished shooting 19 for 53 from the field which gave them a rate of 35.8%. Pertaining to shots from 3-point land, Texas A&M buried 8 of 23 attempts (34.8%). They were able to make 8 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 61.5%. Mississippi State had 15 fouls in the game which took the Aggies to the charity stripe for a total of 13 shots. They also turned the ball over 19 times, while recording 5 steals for this contest. The Aggies recorded 26 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive boards totaling 35 in this matchup.

Zhuric Phelps ended up having an impact for the Aggies for this contest. He converted 5 of 11 in this game for a field goal percentage of 45.5%, and added 4 rebounds. He racked up 13 points in his 25 minutes on the court and accumulated 1 assist for the game.

Texas A&M has a win-loss mark of 20-6 for the campaign. On the offensive side of the ball, the Aggies are connecting on 42.3% from the field, which ranks 312th in D-1. Texas A&M has scored 1,917 pts on the year (73.7 per game) and they grab 40.9 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 12.1 times per game (295th in college) and they are turning it over 12.3 times per game. The Aggies have committed 16.9 fouls per contest and they go 68.2% from the free throw line.

The Aggies defensively are ranked 34th in college hoops in PPG surrendered with 65.5. They are forcing their opponents into 14.2 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 39.7% from the floor (20th in college hoops). The Texas A&M defense allows 31.8% on shots from 3-point land (214 of 673) and their opponents are converting on 76.4% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 14.2 dimes and 31.7 boards every game, which ranks them 269th and 41st in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tennessee

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