Tune in as the No. 4 seed Alabama Crimson Tide (24-11) match up with the No. 6 seed Clemson Tigers (24-11) in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight on Saturday at Crypto.com Arena, airing on TBS beginning at 8:49 PM ET.
The Crimson Tide, who are favored by 3.5 points, are set to take on the Tigers. The point total for the game is 162.5.
Alabama has a 20-15-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to Clemson, who is 20-14-1 ATS. The Crimson Tide are 26-9-0 and the Tigers are 17-18-0 in terms of going over the point total. The two teams combine to score 167.9 points per game, 5.4 more points than this matchup’s total. Alabama has a 4-6 record against the spread while going 6-4 overall in the past 10 games. Clemson has gone 6-3-1 against the spread and 7-3 overall in its last 10 contests.
Ahead of this matchup, here’s what you need to get ready for Saturday’s college basketball action.
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Clemson at Alabama odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Alabama -3.5
- Total: 162.5
- Moneyline: Alabama -158, Clemson +133
Alabama vs. Clemson prediction
Alabama 81, Clemson 78
Moneyline
- Alabama has won 20 of 24 games when listed as the moneyline favorite this season (83.3%).
- The Crimson Tide have a 20-4 record (winning 83.3% of their games) when they have played as a moneyline favorite of -158 or shorter.
- Alabama has an implied moneyline win probability of 61.2% in this contest.
- Clemson has been underdogs in 10 games this season and won seven (70%) of those contests.
- This season, the Tigers have won four of their six games when they’re the underdog by at least +133 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 42.9% chance of a victory for Clemson.
Against the spread
- Alabama is 20-15-0 ATS this season.
- Clemson is 20-14-1 ATS this year.
- The Crimson Tide record 20.0 more points per game (90.7) than the Tigers give up (70.7).
- When Alabama scores more than 70.7 points, it is 17-13 against the spread and 21-10 overall.
- Clemson has a 17-11-1 record against the spread and a 21-8 record overall when giving up fewer than 90.7 points.
- The Tigers’ 77.2 points per game are just 3.9 fewer points than the 81.1 the Crimson Tide give up to opponents.
- Clemson has put together a 6-3 ATS record and a 7-2 overall record in games it scores more than 81.1 points.
- Alabama has an ATS record of 12-2 and a 14-0 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 77.2 points.
Over/Under
- The Crimson Tide have an average implied point total of 87.2 this season, which is 4.2 points higher than their implied total in Saturday’s game (83).
- This season, Alabama has put up more than 83 points in 23 games.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Tigers (77.7) is 2.3 fewer points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (80).
- This season, Clemson has put up more than 80 points 11 times.