The South Carolina Gamecocks (5-9 overall, 3-7 SEC) visit the Tennessee Volunteers (14-5, 7-5) for a Wednesday night contest at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tip-off will be at 9 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the South Carolina-Tennessee college basketball odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Tennessee is No. 20 in the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
South Carolina at Tennessee: Odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: South Carolina +550 (bet $100 to win $550) | Tennessee -800 (bet $800 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: South Carolina +11.5 (-110) | Tennessee -11.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 143.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
South Carolina at Tennessee: Three things to know
- The Volunteers come into this game off a Saturday loss at LSU. Tennessee scored just 65 points in that game. A UT five ranked 10th in the SEC in scoring (72.8 points per game) has scored fewer than 66 points in each of its five losses this winter.
- The Gamecocks third-leading scorer — G Jermaine Couisnard — was ruled for Wednesday after suffering a foot injury in USC’s Saturday game against Ole Miss, an 81-74 loss at home. Couisnard is averaging 9.7 points and a team-high 3.6 assists per game.
- Since upsetting then-No. 23 Florida Feb. 3, South Carolina has shot just 38.9% in losing three straight games. During the skid, the Gamecocks have committed 17 turnovers per contest while allowing an average of 79.0 PPG points.
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South Carolina at Tennessee: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Tennessee 77, South Carolina 64
Money line (ML)
The Vols haven’t been great against the fast-tempo teams in their conference, and the Gamecocks have tempo figures right up there with the fastest in the SEC,
USC is not Alabama, Arkansas, or Georgia. The Gamecocks don’t shoot well enough to go on many sustained runs.
The lean here is on Tennessee, even up to -750 but PASS on this listed price.
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Against the spread (ATS)
Tennessee is 4-1 ATS in its last five games against sub-.500 teams.
The Vols figure to pile up points from the foul line and from beyond the 3-point arc. Still, 11.5 points is a lot. Peg TENNESSEE -11.5 (-110) as a small-margin lean.
Over/Under (O/U)
Both sides tote in some Over trends but this number reflects those tendencies and calls out for a zag. TAKE THE UNDER 143.5 (-105).
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