Miami (Florida) vs Tennessee Game Information

Miami (Florida) vs Tennessee Preview

Miami Florida (3-6) plays No. 3 Tennessee (8-0) in this ACC-SEC showdown in the Jimmy V Classic presented by Corona in Crab City  on Tuesday. The Hurricanes come in losers of 6 straight games—after winning their first 3—while the Volunteers have won all 8 games they have played this 2024-25 NCAA Basketball Season. Miami Florida has also been very poor ATS so far while Tennessee has done very well by its betting backers. Hurricanes Head Coach Jim Larrañaga saw eight players enter the transfer portal and another (Kyshawn George) enter the 2024 NBA Draft, so this will be a rebuilding year at Coral Gables with the new reality in college sports with so many leaving for more playing time and the NIL money.

Miami (Florida) Heads in on a 6-Game Losing Streak

Miami Florida (2-7-0 ATS, 5-4-0 O/U) has been bad against the betting numbers and bad on the court lately as well losing 6 straight games. The Hurricanes are averaging 79.3 ppg while allowing 73.3 ppg and have been poor in Assists (13.3 apg, #246) and Rebounding (34.1 rpg, Tied-#305). Miami is led by G Nigel Pack (14.1 ppg, 4.6 apg), G Jalen Blackmon (10.8 ppg), C Lynn Kidd (10.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg), F Brandon Johnson (9.9 ppg, 8.0 rpg), G Matthew Cleveland (9.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg), G AJ Stanton-McCray (6.6 ppg), and G Jalili Bethea (6.2 ppg) and seem to be missing many of those Transfers these days. The Hurricanes only three wins came against weaklings Fairleigh Dickinson, Binghamton, and Coppin State.

Miami (Florida) Betting Trends

• Miami Florida is 2-9-0 ATS in its last 10 games overall
• The Hurricanes are 1-7-0 ATS in their last 8
• Miami Florida is 3-7-0 SU the L10
• The Hurricanes lost their last 10 games last year 
• The Under is 3-2-0 in the Hurricanes last 5 games overall
• Miami Florida was 14-16-2 ATS last season
• The Hurricanes are 3-17-0 SU in their last 20 games

No. 3 Tennessee Has Been a Money-Maker So Far

Tennessee (7-1-0 ATS, 4-4-0 O/U) has been one of the best ATS Teams in Division I, and this SEC team has aspirations to win it all this time around (14/1, DraftKings). The Volunteers average 83.4 ppg (Tied-#42) while giving up 56.6 ppg, so with that +16.8 ppg Scoring Margin, Tennessee ranks No. 2 in the country behind Maryland. This talented team is led by G Chaz Lanier (18.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg), F Igor Milicic Jr. (12.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg), G Zakai Zeigler (12.0 ppg, 7.9 apg), G Jordan Gainey (10,6 ppg, 3.1 rpg), F Felix Okpara (7.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg), F Cade Phillips (7.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg), and G Jahmal Mashack (6.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg), so Head Coach Rick Barnes and the Rocky Top Rowdies are right to be excited about this new season although SEC play can always humble the best teams in Basketball, Football, and Baseball. The Volunteers rank No. 3 in the nation in Scoring Defense (56.6 ppg), behind No. 1 UCLA (53.1 ppg) and No. 2 Seton Hall (56.6 ppg).

Tennessee Betting Trends

• Tennessee is 9-1 SU over its last 10 games overall 
• The Volunteers are 8-2-0 ATS their last 10 games
• Tennessee was 18-17-1 ATS last season
• The Under is 3-1 the last 4 Tennessee games
• Tennessee is 0-2 lifetime in the Jimmy V Classic
• The Volunteers are 18-3 SU in their last 21 games

Miami (Florida) vs Tennessee Prediction

The 2024 Jimmy V Classic—organized annually by ESPN Events to raise money for cancer research—sees this lidlifter in Baltimore followed by Arkansas vs Michigan at Madison Square Garden (ESPN, 9 EST/6 PST). Looking at the last 4 lifetime meetings in this series we see that the Volunteers are 3-1 vs the Canes, winning the last meeting 78-65 on December 22, 1996. With Tennessee having manhandled three pretty good teams in Louisville (77-55), No. 13 Baylor (77-62), and Syracuse (96-70), this Miami Florida vs Tennessee NCAAB pick will do the obvious and suggest backing the team which has gone 7-1-0 ATS this still young season against the other that is 3-17 SU in its last 20. Rome wasn’t built in a day but then again neither was Schenectady.

Kevin’s Pick: Tennessee -16.5