Vanderbilt vs Texas A&M College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/10/21

The Texas A&M Aggies and Vanderbilt Commodores meet Wednesday in the college basketball SEC First Round at the Bridgestone Arena.

The Texas A&M Aggies need a win after losing five of their last six games. The Texas A&M Aggies are averaging 64.1 points on 41.6 percent shooting and allowing 66.2 points on 45.2 percent shooting. Emanuel Miller is averaging 15.9 points and 8.2 rebounds while Quenton Jackson is averaging 10.5 points and 1.6 assists. Savion Flagg is dishing 2.4 assists and Andre Gordon is grabbing 2.5 rebounds. The Texas A&M Aggies are shooting 30.1 percent from beyond the arc and 73.1 percent from the free throw line. The Texas A&M Aggies are allowing 34 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 30.6 rebounds per game.

The Vanderbilt Commodores need a win after losing five of their last seven games. The Vanderbilt Commodores are averaging 71.8 points on 43.3 percent shooting and allowing 72.7 points on 46 percent shooting. Scotty Pippen Jr. is averaging 20.6 points and 2.8 rebounds while Dylan Disu is averaging 15 points and 1.4 assists. Jordan Wright is dishing two assists and Maxwell Evans is grabbing 3.1 rebounds. The Vanderbilt Commodores are shooting 35.2 percent from beyond the arc and 72.1 percent from the free throw line. The Vanderbilt Commodores are allowing 34.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 31.2 rebounds per game.

The Aggies are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 neutral site games and 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games overall. The Commodores are 7-20 ATS in their last 27 neutral site games and 7-1-4 ATS in their last 12 games overall. The under is 11-3 in Aggies last 14 overall. The under is 4-1 in Commodores last 5 overall. The favorite is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.

I’m not thrilled with backing either of these teams, but the Vanderbilt Commodores did play the better basketball down the stretch and are 6-3-1 against the spread in non-home games. The Texas A&M Aggies have lost five of their last six games, and they’re losing their last five games by an average of 5.8 points while shooting 39.4 percent from the field. Texas A&M is in terrible form to be nice. If forced to pick, give me Vandy and the small chalk.