Alabama is 12-4 ATS in the last 16 meetings with Tennessee and they split hte season series overall on a 1 point game and a 3 point game. I think there is value here with Alabama they really should have been 2-0 against TN but they were robbed by a no foul call in the last game. Despite getting out rebounded in both of these meetings by a total of 32 they still held Tennessee in check. If Alabama can just come close to winning the rebounding battle they could win this game easily. Alabama does make up for the differential in rebounds by their ability to force turnovers and that's where Tennessee struggles. Overall these two teams are very similar on both sides, but I"m banking on Tennessee to struggle here. Alabama has gotten better and more production from younger players and Tennessee has really struggled offensively away from home.
Well Kentucky has not played in a few days since the shocking win over Florida that probably put them in the tournament. With that said this is a bad match up for them even with Nerlens Noel as double digit favorites at home and on the road they won both meetings by a very small margin. The thing is Vanderbilt will hoist up more threes than many in the country and that takes away from Kentucky's real strength which is defending the paint where they are ranked 6th overall. Vanderbilt may take more shots from 3 than inside and if some of them land they should be right in this game. They were 12-28 yesterday and won as an under dog and head to this game with some nice momentum.
