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College Basketball Betting Pick & Prediction: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs - Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023

January 25, 2023


The Mississippi State Bulldogs enter this game having lost four of their last five games and are on a four-game losing streak which includes a 59-61 loss at home against the Florida Gators on Saturday.Meanwhile, the Alabama Crimson Tide enter this game ranked 2nd in the AP Poll and 2nd in the Coaches Poll while having won their previous eight matchups in a row including Saturdays 85-64 win on the road against the Missouri Tigers.BookMaker has the Alabama Crimson Tide listed as 13-point favorites at home against the Mississippi State Bulldogs and has set the total for the over/under plays at 140.5 points. Will the Crimson Tide get their 9th win in a row or can the Bulldogs pull off the upset on the road? Lets take a look at how these teams have fared this season.Mississippi State Bulldogs Team PreviewThe Mississippi State Bulldogs enter this game with an average record of 12-7 which puts them in 12th place in the SEC and are coming off a 59-61 loss at home against the Florida Gators which also extended their losing streak to four games. The Bulldogs are 7-11-1 ATS overall, 2-2 ATS on the road, 1-3 ATS as an underdog, and 2-5 ATS in Conference games this season.Tolu Smith leads the team in scoring and rebounds with an average of 13.7 points and 8.1 rebounds per game this season. Dashawn Davis leads the team in assists with an average of 3.2 assists per game on the year. Cameron Matthews leads the team in blocks with an average of 0.8 blocks per game.Alabama Crimson Tide Team PreviewThe Alabama Crimson Tide enter this game ranked in the Top 5 in the AP and Coaches Polls with a ranking of 2nd in both polls with an overall record of 17-2 which puts them in 1st place in the SEC and are coming off an 85-64 win on the road against the Missouri Tigers. The Crimson Tide are 12-6-1 ATS overall, 6-3 ATS at home, 10-5-1 ATS as a favorite, and 7-0 ATS in Conference games this season.Brandon Miller leads the team in scoring with an average of 19.8 points per game this season. Noah Clowney leads the team in rebounds with an average of 8.6 rebounds per game on the year. Jaden Bradley leads the team in assists with an average of 3.7 assists per game. Charles Bediako leads the team in blocks with an average of 1.8 blocks per game on the year.Series Trends and Game PickAlabama has won seven of the last ten games in the series and has won by an average score of 77.2 to 70.9 while Mississippi State is 6-4 ATS in those matchups. The Crimson Tide have won two of the last three games in the series and have won by an average score of 78 to 73.33 while the Bulldogs are 2-1 ATS in those contests.The over has hit in six of the last ten games in the series with the teams combining for an average of 148.1 points per game in those contests. The over has hit in the last three games with the teams combining for an average of 151.33 points per game in those matchups.Alabama has been the better team this season and in the series, winning seven of the last ten and two of the last three games. However, the Bulldogs have been the better team at covering the spread going 6-4 ATS in the last ten and 2-1 ATS in the last three games in the series. As a result, I am taking the Mississippi State Bulldogs +13 on BookMaker for this matchup on Wednesday evening.Spooky Express Pick: Mississippi State Bulldogs +13