No. 19 Vanderbilt looks to lock up SEC Tournament bye
By Hank Harris • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: NCAABThe No. 19 Vanderbilt Commodores visit the Florida Gators in a SEC showdown Tuesday at the Stephen O’Connell Center (7 pm ET, ESPN).
The Gators are 3-point favorites and the over/under total is 148.5 in College Basketball Betting.
Florida has had the upper hand on the Commodores over the past 10 head-to-head, winning seven outright and covering the point spread six times. And the Gators are a perfect 5-0 SU in the past five meetings at home, and are 4-1 ATS in the past five meetings overall.
This is the second meeting of the season. The Commodores beat the Gators 95-87 on Jan. 9, easily covering as a 5.5-point home favorite. The score went over the total of 140.
In their last game on Saturday, the Commodores beat the Arkansas 89-72 at Bud Walton Arena. Vanderbilt covered as a 2-point road favorite and the score eclipsed the 155-point total.
Florida was edged 78-76 by the Georgia Bulldogs at Stegeman Coliseum Saturday, withy Georgia covering as a 1.5-point home underdog. The score went over the 138.5-point total.
Vanderbilt is 22-6 straight up and 14-12 against the point spread, and has won two straight. The Commodores are 11-3 SU in the SEC, one game behind the No. 3 Kentucky Wildcats.
Florida is 20-9 straight up and 13-11 against the point spread. The Gators are 9-5 SU in the conference, threes games off the pace.
Over/under bettors should note that the total has gone over in five of Vanderbilt’s last six games, both overall and on the road.
Florida is 6-1 SU in its last seven games at home.
Hank Harris is a professional writer with more than 25 years experience. He has written on sports betting and gambling for more than a decade of that time. He covers all sports, from the NFL to the NBA to NCAA College.
He is originally from the Boston area and is now based out of Las Vegas.
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