The Vanderbilt Commodores (20-13) square off with the No. 18 Texas A&M Aggies (24-8) Saturday in the SEC Tournament semifinals. Tip-off from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville is at 3 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Vanderbilt vs. Texas A&M odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
Vanderbilt faces another tall task against the 2-seeded Aggies just one day after beating No. 24 Kentucky 80-73 as a 9-point underdog Friday. It is likely only a conference championship that will get the Commodores into the Big Dance, even with their win over Kentucky. Texas A&M is comfortably into March, but would still hate to be the next victim in the Vanderbilt cog.
The Aggies topped Arkansas 67-61 Friday and will look to again use a slow pace to draw Vanderbilt into a low-possession game, but Vandy will be okay with that and this should be a close game down to the wire.