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Mississippi vs Alabama Prediction 1/14/2025 College Basketball Picks

Mississippi vs Alabama Prediction

Mississippi vs Alabama Game Information

What: Mississippi vs Alabama Prediction 1/14/2025 College Basketball Picks
When: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 7:00 EST/4:00 PST
Where Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mississippi vs Alabama Line: Alabama -9.5
Total: 164
TV: ESPNU

Mississippi vs Alabama Preview

No. 21 Mississippi(14-2, 3-0 in SEC) is on the Road in Tuscaloosa to play No. 4 Alabama (14-2, 3-0 in SEC) at Coleman Coliseum in this SEC Conference showdown between these two talented schools on Tuesday night. In their last 5 games, the Rebels are 4-1, beating Quinnipiac by 18 (80-62), losing to Memphis by 17 (87-70), and then beating Georgia by 2 (63-61), Arkansas by 7 (73-66), and LSU by 5 (70-65). In their last 5 games, Alabama is a perfect 5-0, defeating Kent State by 27 (81-54), South Dakota State by 22 (105-83), Oklahoma by 28 (107-79), South Carolina by  20 (88-68), and Texas A&M by 6 (94-88). DraftKings currently has Alabama at 16/1 to win the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament with Ole Miss priced at 80/1 odds.

Ole Miss Looks to Stay Unbeaten in SEC with Upset

Mississippi (11-5-0 ATS, 6-10-0 O/U) are big Road Underdogs (+9.5) in this scheduling spot and it’s hard to argue with the betting numbers with Alabama so strong and the Rebels (+350 Moneyline) on the Road and in a hostile environment. Ole Miss is led in scoring by G Sean Pedulla (14.1 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.6 APG), G Jaylen Murray (11.8 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 4.1 APG), G Matthew Murell (11.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG), G Dre Davis (10.7 PPG, 5.1 RPG), F Jaemyn Brakefield (9.4 PPG, 4.9 RPG), G Davon Barnes (6.4 PPG, 3.4 RPG), F Malik Dia (8.7 PPG, 5.8 RPG), and F Mikeal Brown-Jones (6.1 PPG). The Rebels haven’t made it to the Big Dance since 2019 (they lost to Oklahoma in First Round) and the farthest they have gone in the tourney (5-9 lifetime) is to the Sweet Sixteen back in 2001.

Mississippi Betting Trends

  • Mississippi is 8-2-0 ATS in their last 10 games
  • The Under is 8-1-0 in Ole Miss’s last 9 games overall
  • The Rebels are 3-0 SU/ATS in their last 3 games
  • Ole Miss is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games vs Alabama
  • Mississippi started last season with a 13-game win streak

Alabama Shooting For 8th Straight Win vs Ole Miss

Alabama (9-7-0 ATS, 7-8-1 O/U) heads in here winners of 8 straight and stayed at the No. 5 spot in the latest Top 25 poll. The Crimson Tide have Quality Wins vs Illinois, Houston, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Alabama has 8 decent scorers in G Mark Sears (19.1 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 4.5 APG), F Grant Nelson (12.2 PPG, 8.6 RPG), G Labaron Philon (12.1 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 4.0 APG), G Latrell Wrightsell Jr. (11.5 PPG) , G Aiden Holloway (10.8 PPG), F Derrion Reed (8.1 PPG, 3.4 RPG), G Chris Youngblood (7.7 PPG, 3.0 RPG) and C Clifford Omoruyl (7.4 PPG, 6.4 RPG). The Crimson Tide (-450 Moneyline) average 91.1 PPG (#1) and allow 77.4 PPG and average 45.4 RPG (#3) and are No. 28 in Assists Per Game (17.5).

Alabama Betting Trends

  • Alabama is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games overall, 8-0 SU the last 8 games
  • The Over is 3-1-0 in the last 4 Crimson Tide games
  • Alabama has played 6 ranked teams this season (PUR, ILL, HOU, NC, OK, A&M)
  • The Crimson Tide are 5-0-0 ATS in their last 5 games
  • Alabama is 9-1 the last 10 meetings against Mississippi

Mississippi vs Alabama Prediction

The series Trends reveal that Alabama has been incredible both SU and ATS in its last 10 meetings vs Ole Miss, winning 9 of the 10 and also going 9-1-0 ATS over that span, covering the last 7 times in a row, The Totals tally is 6-4-0 with the Over/Under alternating the last 6 (OUOUOU). In this 7-game Win Streak over the Rebels, the Crimson Tide have won by 16, 22, 14, 18, 25, 5, and 11. No one has scored more Points in the nation than Sears, Nelson, Philon, Wrightsell, Holloway, and Alabama, and with so much strength on the glass and this gaudy record vs Ole Miss, this Mississippi vs Alabama NCAAB pick will back the Home chalks to win by double-digits in a relatively high-scoring game. This is one of two Tuesday showdowns between SEC teams from Mississippi and Alabama, with Mississippi State vs Auburn being played the same time 158 miles away over at Auburn.

Kevin’s Prediction: Alabama -9.5