This is the SEC kickoff for Alabama, a team in the second tier of the conference but expected to be closer to the top than the bottom. \u00a0The Crimson Tide team played a tough non-conference schedule. ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Their first few losses were to quality opponents – Dayton, VCU and Cincinnati – but more recently they lost to Mercer and Tulane casting doubt on this team\u2019s true potential. \u00a0They weren\u2019t done any favours starting the conference season at Mizzou, perhaps the league\u2019s best team.<\/p>\n The Crimson Tide will go as far as guard Trever Releford can take them. \u00a0Though he\u2019s only 6\u20190\u201d on this guard oriented team he is a scorer not a distributor. \u00a0He is a Missouri native and may be inspired by a visit to his home state. \u00a0<\/p>\n Alabama\u2019s top 4 scorers are perimeter players and nobody on the team averages even 5 rebounds per game. \u00a0Even a team like the Tigers who want to get out and run should be able to exploit them inside and on the glass.<\/p>\n One thing that Alabama has going for it is that is has already tasted the road this season. \u00a0Trips to VCU and Cincinnati might have been losses but they played fairly well, especially at Cincy where they lost by just 2 points. \u00a0\u00a0Their lone road win was a Texas Tech which was hardly impressive but at least this is not the first time they are getting on a bus this year<\/p>\n Missouri is playing their first SEC game ever after having looked very sharp in the early part of the season. \u00a0They got spanked by Louisville and lost at UCLA but those are the only blemishes on the season so far. \u00a0That game against UCLA was a thriller and a real treat to watch. \u00a0The Tigers just barely beat Bucknell over the weekend but don\u2019t be fooled that team is very good and did a great job slowing down Mizzou which was key. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n It\u2019s just hard to do. \u00a0Even without the suspended guard Michael Dixon this team is very talented. \u00a0Point guard Phil Pressey pushes the ball as well as any guard in the country and forward Laurence Bowers has recovered well from his injury. \u00a0Newcomer Jabari Brown has started to find his stroke and UConn transfer Alex Oriakhi is averaging close to a double-double. \u00a0In conference play look for experienced transfers Earnest Ross and Keion Bell to continue to be key contributors.<\/p>\n Beating a team by more than 10 points is not hard for this team, they have done it in nearly half of their games. \u00a0\u00a0Unfortunately the Tigers have not been a great bet this year, just 5-4 ATS, but they have some advantages in not being familiar to their conference opponents. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t mean they will always win but I think when they do they can really wear out some teams.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: Missouri -10.5 Crimson Tide vs Tigers CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping This is the SEC kickoff for Alabama, a team in the second tier of the conference but expected to be closer to the top than the bottom. \u00a0The Crimson Tide team played a tough non-conference schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":26295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[2857,56693,6986,1477,4631,20412,2973,4210,4694],"class_list":["post-59143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-alabama-crimson-tide-vs-missouri-tigers","tag-cbb-free-picks","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-crimson-tide-vs-tigers","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59153,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59143\/revisions\/59153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAlabama Crimson Tide (8-5) vs #12 Missouri Tigers (11-2)<\/strong>
\n Tuesday January 8<\/strong>
\n Mizzou Arena – Columbia, MO<\/strong>
\n 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: No ML currently listed at Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: Missouri -10.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: 133<\/strong><\/p>\nAlabama<\/h3>\n
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Missouri<\/h3>\n
\nO\/U Pick: Over
\nScore Prediction: Missouri 84 – Alabama 69<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"