Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Tennessee Volunteers off their nice home win against South Carolina will now hit the highway in SEC conference play when they tackle in state rival the Vanderbilt Commodores in a college basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time in Vanderbilt is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Vanderbilt Commodores opened up as a 3 point favorite with the over under coming in at 148.
The early money in this game has not moved the point spread off the opener, as the Vanderbilt Commodores are currently a 3-point favorite. The total also has seen no early movement in the betting as the over under is currently lined at 148 for the bettors to wager into.
Money line players can back the favored Vanderbilt Commodores at –155 with the road underdog Tennessee Volunteers bringing back +135 to win this game without taking the points.
This will be the second of two regular season meetings between these SEC conference foes. It was Vanderbilt pulling out the 85-76 upset road victory over the Tennessee Volunteers on January 27th as a 6-point underdog. Vanderbilt shot the ball very well in that contest hitting on just under 51% from the field and limiting Tennessee to just over 43%. The Commodores were very good from the three point line converting on 8 of 14 from beyond the arc in victory.
The Volunteers are 18-4 on the year and 3-2 straight up on the road. They are winners of three straight and are coming off a dominating effort at home by defeating South Carolina 79-53 as a 9-point favorite. Tennessee hit on over 45% of their shots and limited the Gamecocks to just 27% shooting from the field. Prior to that it was a 59-54 road victory over LSU and they allowed the Tigers just 30% shooting from the field. Tennessee is 2-1 in SEC road play with their only loss coming at Georgia on January 23rd losing big 78-63 as a 6-½ point favorite. Senior center Wayne Chism is coming off a huge game against the Gamecocks with 30 points on 11 of 17 shooting from the field. His numbers were not so good in the teams first meeting with Vanderbilt scoring just 8 points on 2 of 9 shooting from the field.
Vanderbilt is 17-5 this season and a perfect 11-0 on their home court. The team is coming off a 72-58 road loss to Georgia on Saturday as 4 ½ point favorites. The team was ice cold from the field hitting on 32% of their shots but allowed the Bulldogs to convert on 53% of their shots. The Commodores have shot the ball very well at home averaging over 52% shooting from the field. Senior guard Jermaine Beal is coming off a 21 point effort at Georgia on Saturday. The Commodores leading scorer had 25 points in the teams’ victory at Tennessee on January 27th.
Trend: Tennessee is 9-3 ATS in their past 12 games at Vanderbilt
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