Vanderbilt vs Auburn Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/18/23

The Auburn Tigers and the Vanderbilt Commodores meet in college basketball action from the Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Auburn is listed as a 3.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -160. The total for this game is set at 144.5 points.

Injuries

For Auburn, Johni Broome is questionable for this game with an ankle injury and Chance Westry is out for the season with a knee injury. For Vanderbilt, Lee Dort is out until late February with a foot injury.

Matchup History

Auburn’s 94-80 win back on February 16^th, 2022, made it five straight wins for Auburn in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Auburn is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win by 20 or more points while the over is 8-2 in their last 10 road games. Vanderbilt is 19-7 ATS in their last 26 Saturday games and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 home games against a team with a losing road record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.

Pick

I’m going to take a shot with Vanderbilt here. The Commodores just look like a different team since that 57-point rout defeat at the hands of Alabama and have rattled off four straight wins including wins over Tennessee and Florida. Auburn’s a solid team talent-wise, but they’ve fallen on hard times as of late and it’s just hard to get behind them in their current form, especially laying points on the road. Give me the Commodores here.