The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide (22-3, 12-0 SEC) take on the stumbling No. 11 Tennessee Volunteers (19-6, 8-4) in Knoxville Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Alabama vs. Tennessee odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Ranked No. 1 for the 1st time this season, Alabama takes a 4-game winning streak into Tennessee against a Volunteers team which has lost 2 straight. The losses to Vanderbilt and Missouri both came on last-second buzzer-beaters.' Tennessee’s last win was an uninspiring 46-43 win over Auburn.
Tennessee will rely on its 3rd-ranked defense (56.3 points) to slow Alabama’s 6th-ranked offense (83.4 points). The Tide has a 21.2-point winning margin' in conference play