Tennessee Volunteers versus Florida Gators ESPN TV College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on February 23, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The Tennessee Volunteers will travel in SEC conference action when they take on the Florida Gators in a college basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time in Florida is set for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers opened up this point spread and the home team Florida Gators opened as a 3 point favorite with the over under coming in at 135.

The betting public has come in with their early wagers on the side of the road underdog Tennessee Volunteers, as the Florida Gators are currently a 2-½ point favorite. The total has seen early movement on the side of the under, as the game is lined is 134 for the bettors to play into.

Those looking to back the home team Florida Gators on the money line will be offered –140 odds with the road underdog Tennessee Volunteers returning +120 to pull off the upset victory with no need for points on their side.

The schools are meeting for the second time this regular season. It was the Tennessee Volunteers pulling out the 61-60 victory over the Florida Gators as an 8-point home favorite back on January 31st. Tennessee was aided in victory by holding a 41-32 rebounding edge. The Volunteers had 14 offensive rebounds to the Gators 5.

Tennessee sits with a 20-6 straight up record and 4-4 in their true road games this season. After suffering through a 2 game losing streak with all losses on the road the Volunteers has responded with two straight wins. After a 69-60 home win to Georgia the team went back on the road and came away with a 63-55 road victory as a 1 ½ point underdog against a good South Carolina team. The Volunteers shot over 46% from the line and gave up just 31.7% in victory over the Gamecocks. Wayne Chism is coming off an 11-point effort with 9 rebounds in the teams’ victory last time out.

Florida is a team clearly on the bubble. The team sits with a 19-8 straight up record and 8-3 on the home court this regular season. The team has responded after a bad home loss to Xavier over a week ago with two straight wins. The club is coming off a 64-61 road victory as a 5 point underdog against Mississippi on Saturday. They held the Rebels to just 41% shooting in victory. Florida was fortunate to win, as the team was a miserable 1 of 13 from the three-point line. But 25 of 27 shooting from the free throw line led the Gators to victory. Freshman guard Kenny Boynton has struggled with just 14 of 49 shooting over his past 5 games.

Trend: Tennessee Volunteers are 14-5 to the under this season

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