The LSU Tigers (12-4, 1-3 SEC) face off towards the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide (14-2, 4-0) on Saturday. Tip from Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Ala., is scheduled for 4 p.m. (ESPN). Under, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s strains across the LSU vs. Alabama odds, and make our knowledgeable school basketball picks, predictions and bets.
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LSU dropped a third straight recreation when it fell 67-56 to Florida on Tuesday, failing to cowl as a 3-point dwelling underdog. The Tigers are 2-5 towards the unfold (ATS) throughout their 7 video games and are 7-9 ATS this season. Their energy is their protection, rating eighth within the nation in opponents’ 3-point proportion (27.5%).
Alabama took down Arkansas 84-69 on Wednesday, masking as a 1.5-point highway underdog. It’s now on a 5-game win streak, going 4-1 ATS in that span. The Crimson Tide are 9-6-1 ATS this season. Their protection is their robust level as nicely, rating 1st within the nation in defensive rebounds per recreation (32.38), rating ninth within the nation for opponents’ 3-point proportion (27.5%), and rating twelfth within the nation for opponents’ discipline objective proportion (38.04%).
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LSU at Alabama odds
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- Moneyline (ML): LSU +650 (wager $100 to win $650) | Alabama -1200 (wager $1,200 to win $100)
- Towards the unfold (ATS): LSU +14.5 (-110) | Alabama -14.5 (-110)
- Over/Beneath (O/U): 146.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
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LSU at Alabama picks and predictions
Prediction
Alabama 83, LSU 69
Moneyline
PASS.
The moneyline play is way too dangerous to play on Alabama (-1200).
Towards the unfold
PASS.
Though this recreation actually has the potential to be a giant blowout, however regardless of that Alabama is taking part in on its dwelling court docket the place it’s 8-0 towards an LSU crew that’s 0-2 on the highway, 14.5 factors are too many to comfortably make a suggestion.
The highway crew is 4-1 ATS within the final 5 conferences between these groups whereas the favourite is 20-8-1 ATS of their final 29 conferences.
Over/Beneath
BET UNDER 146.5 (-105).
Though Alabama likes to push the tempo of video games, rating within the prime 15 in factors per recreation, its protection ranks within the prime 15 in opponent discipline objective proportion and opponent 3-point proportion whereas LSU’s offense ranks decrease than two hundredth for factors per recreation.
The Beneath has hit 4 occasions in LSU’s final 6 video games following an ATS loss and 4 occasions in its final 5 video games towards a crew with a successful file.
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