LSU vs Florida Prediction 2/22/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Florida Gators and the LSU Tigers meet Saturday in college basketball action from Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Here’s an LSU vs Florida prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best LSU vs Florida pick.

Florida Gators Betting Preview

Florida is doing great this year record-wise, with only a few scattered losses in the books so far. The Gators opened with wins over South Florida, Jacksonville, Grambling, Florida State, Florida A&M, Southern Illinois, Wake Forest, Wichita State, Virginia, Arizona State, North Carolina, North Florida and Season before a loss to Kentucky on January 4. A 5-2 run came next with losses to Missouri and Tennessee among wins over Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, South Carolina and Georgia. Since then the Gators have rattled off another five straight wins. They’ve taken out Vanderbilt, Auburn, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Oklahoma during that time, giving the Gators a 23-3 overall run through their first 26 games of the season so far.

In the Oklahoma matchup on Tuesday, the Gators came out of the locker room sporting a 46-24 halftime edge. Florida kept the pace from there on a 39-39 run and took the victory 85-63 without too much trouble. The Gators’ lead scorer was Walter Clayton with 18 points, four boards and two assists. Will Richard added 14 points with eight rebounds and two steals, while Alijah Martin put up 14 points with five rebounds and two steals off the bench.

LSU Tigers Betting Preview

Over on the LSU side, they were looking great in late December but they’ve run into all sorts of trouble during this calendar year. The Tigers went 11-2 to start things off though, taking out LA Monroe, Alabama State, Kansas State, Charleston Southern, Central Florida, Northwestern State, Florida State, Florida Gulf Coast, Stetson, New Orleans and MS Valley State in that time. Since then however, LSU has wins over only Arkansas, Oklahoma and South Carolina. Otherwise it’s been losses to Vanderbilt, Missouri, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Alabama, Auburn, Texas, Georgia, Ole Miss and Arkansas in succession. In total that gives the Tigers an overall record of 14-12 through their first 26 games of the season.

Matched up against South Carolina in their Tuesday outing, the Tigers held a comfortable 41-27 advantage by halftime. LSU kept it up in the second on an even 40-40 run and powered out the home win 81-67 in the end. Leading the team in scoring was Cam Carter with 17 points, four rebounds and two steals. Mike Williams added 13 points with one rebound in 14 minutes off the bench, while Vyctorius Miller put up 12 points with four assists and two steals.

Why the LSU Tigers will win

• LSU has won 12 of its last 15 day games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center following a home win.
• The home team has won the first half in four of LSU’s last five games.

Why the Florida Gators will win

• Florida has won 20 of its last 21 games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• LSU has lost each of its last six games against Top 10 AP-ranked opponents.
• LSU has lost the first half in each of its last 10 day games against AP-ranked opponents.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Florida’s last eight day games against non-AP-ranked opponents have produced a total of 149 or fewer points.
• Six of LSU’s last seven day games against Conference opponents have produced a total of 152 or fewer points.

LSU vs Florida Prediction

I’m going to stay with Florida in this one. The Gators are cooking right now during this five-game win streak and they’re coming off another nice win over a pretty decent Oklahoma squad. Florida shot a solid 45.2 percent from the field in that one with 36 rebounds, 13 team assists and just six turnovers. On the other side the Gators gave up just 38.8 percent shooting and scored 18 points off 13 Sooners miscues. That gives Florida 81 or more points in each of the last five games, so they’re clicking on all cylinders offensively these days.

As for LSU, they’re coming off a well-rounded win themselves over South Carolina. The Tigers posted 50 percent shooting in that one with 23 points off 18 Gamecocks turnovers. LSU did give up 47.1 percent shooting and got out-rebounded 32-28, though. Still, the Tigers have scored a combined 163 points in their last two games (both wins). LSU will need to keep that offense hot if they’re going to stay in cover territory here, and I don’t think they’ll quite do it. We may have a fairly close game most of the way, though.