The SEC conference tournament continues Friday as the No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers (23-7, 14-4 SEC) face off against the No. 10 seed Mississippi State Bulldogs (18-14, 8-10 SEC) at Amalie Arena, beginning at 6:00 PM. Tennessee is a 7.5-point favorite to move one step closer to an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Tennessee is 17-13-0 against the spread, while Mississippi State’s ATS record this season is 16-17-0. The Volunteers are 13-17-0 and the Bulldogs are 16-17-0 in terms of hitting the over. The teams score an average of 144.9 points per game, 14.4 more points than this matchup’s total. In the past 10 contests, Tennessee has a 5-5-0 record against the spread while going 8-2 overall. Mississippi State has gone 4-6-0 against the spread and 5-5 overall in its last 10 matches.
Ahead of this SEC game, get ready with everything you need to know before Friday’s college basketball contest.
Mississippi State at Tennessee odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Tennessee -7.5
- Total: 130.5
- Moneyline: Tennessee -356, Mississippi State +274
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Mississippi State at Tennessee odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Tennessee 71, Mississippi State 66
Moneyline
- The Volunteers have won 23 of the 24 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (95.8%).
- Tennessee has played 13 times as a moneyline favorite with odds of -356 or shorter, and earned a victory each game.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Volunteers have an implied win probability of 78.1%.
- The Bulldogs have been listed as the underdog nine times this season and have failed to win any of those games.
- Mississippi State has played as an underdog of +274 or more once this season and lost that game.
- The Bulldogs have a 26.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- The 73.6 points per game the Volunteers score are 7.3 more points than the Bulldogs give up (66.3).
- Tennessee is 14-9 against the spread and 20-3 overall when scoring more than 66.3 points.
- Mississippi State is 12-11 against the spread and 16-7 overall when giving up fewer than 73.6 points.
- The Bulldogs score an average of 71.3 points per game, eight more points than the 63.3 the Volunteers give up.
- Mississippi State has put together a 15-9 ATS record and a 16-8 overall record in games it scores more than 63.3 points.
- Tennessee has an ATS record of 14-9 and a 19-4 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 71.3 points.
- The Volunteers have totaled a total of 309 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 10.3 per game), and the Bulldogs have out-scored opponents by 160 points on the season (five more per game).
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Over/Under
- The Volunteers’ average implied point total this season is 5.4 more points than their implied total in Friday’s game (74.4 implied points on average compared to 69 implied points in this game).
- So far this season, Tennessee has scored more than 69 points in 19 games.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Bulldogs (72.9) is equal to the team’s implied total in this matchup.
- So far this season, Mississippi State has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (62) 27 times.
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