Texas A&M vs North Florida College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/10/2021

The North Florida Ospreys and the Texas A&M Aggies meet in college basketball action from Reed Arena on Wednesday night.

The North Florida Ospreys come into the 2021-22 season looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2020-21 season where the Ospreys finished 8-15 overall, including a 6-6 mark in ASUN conference play to finish with the #4 seed. The Ospreys stay in the ASUN tournament didn’t last long as they were ousted by North Alabama in the quarterfinals. The Ospreys bring back a pair fo double-digit scorers, including Carter Hendricksen (14.9 PPG, 4.8 RPG) and Jose Placer (14.5 PPG, 3.3 APG). Emmanuel Adedoyin is also back after putting up 8.6 PPG and a team-high 4.1 APG and there’s once again a lot of opportunity for continuity as HEndricksen is the only senior on the roster. The defense has to get better for North Florida, but the pieces are there to contend this season.

The Texas A&M Aggies will attempt to bounce back from a frustrating 2020-21 season where the Aggies finished 8-10 overall, including 2-8 in SEC play to finish second from the bottom. The Aggies were eliminated by Vanderbilt in the first round of the SEC tournament, thus ending their season. It’s almost a rebuild for Buzz Williams, as the starting five coming into this year is completely different, with four transfers and a freshman expected to fill the starting five. Quentin Jackson returns after logging 10.4 PPG last season while Marcus Williams transfers in from Wyoming after logging 14.8 PPG and 4.3 APG last season along with Tyrece Radford who had 12.2 PPG and 5.9 RPG as well last season. Henry Coleman and Javonte Brown come from Duke and UConn respectively, while Manny Obaseki comes in as a highly-touted freshman for the Aggies. The Aggies will be a tough matchup for a lot of teams this season, but the Aggies have to figure out how they want to run their offense because it’s been an issue in recent years.

North Florida is 24-9 ATS in their last 33 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 Wednesday games. Texas A&M is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games while the under is 9-4 in their last 13 Wednesday games.

I get the case that could be made either way here, but realistically, I’m looking at the under. Neither team is all that potent on the offensive end and this could be a first to 65 type of game. From a side I lean towards North Florida, but I think the better play here is the under.