Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
There are a few reasons to believe that the visiting Vanderbilt Commodores (13-4) can pull the upset in Thursday’s college basketball game against the Alabama Crimson Tide (13-4), and we’ll preview some statistics before tipoff takes place later tonight.
The Vanderbilt vs. Alabama game will get started at 7:00 PM ET, and the Crimson Tide will put their 8-1 home record on the line against a Commodore squad that has gone 5-1 when traveling this season.
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Alabama is a 5-point betting favorite here, but they’ve been bet down after opening up at -7 thanks in part to wager-tracking websites showing that Vanderbilt is garnering around 60% of the money.
The total has also moved around quite a bit after debuting at 123 and the line currently sits as high as 127.5.
That line movement may be due to the fact that Vanderbilt has won 3 of the last 4 head-to-head meetings with Alabama, including an 81-77 home win as 6-point favorites last year.
The Commodores went into Alabama the year before and won 65-64 as 1.5-point underdogs, but it was the only time out of the last 5 games that Vanderbilt covered the spread despite winning outright in 3.
The over has been a wagering winner in 3 of the last 4 games played between these squads.
Vanderbilt is currently on a 7-game winning streak and they’ve covered the odds in 3 of their last 5 victories.
The Commodores have been playing in some low-scoring games while going under in 4 of those 5.
Alabama has hit the over in 3 of their last 4, but they are coming off of a 52-56 loss at Mississippi State that broke up a 5-game winning streak.
The Crimson Tide has covered the odds in 4 of their last 5 games that Las Vegas has assigned a line to.
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