LSU vs. Tennessee – SEC Tournament Picks: The SEC basketball tournament will continue first round action Thursday afternoon when the LSU Tigers (West 6) challenges the 23rd ranked Tennessee Volunteers (East 3) with tip off set for 3 pm Eastern. All SEC tournament games are televised on the SEC network.
College Basketball oddsmakers online at super-sportsbook Bodog.com list the Volunteers as 11.5-chalk favorites versus the Tigers with a 126 total. This game is currently OFF the Bodog moneyline board.
LSU is 11-19 overall and 2-14 in the league but 2-2 in the last four games of the season, while Tennessee comes in at 23-7 and 11-5 in the league, the third best record in the Eastern Division. The matchup is the same as the first round of the 2007 tournament when sixth-seed LSU upset Tennessee, the three seed, in overtime.
Tennessee is also hot, having won five of their last six and eight of their last 12 and come into the game on a three-game winning streak.
Tennessee is led by Scotty Hobson averaging 13.1 points per game and Wayne Chism at 12.4 points. Chism also averaged 6.8 rebounds a game.
The teams met on Feb. 4 in Baton Rouge with LSU a 59-54 loser in the game. LSU rallied from a double digit deficit late in the game and had a three-pointer in the air to tie the game in the final 10 seconds.
The winner of the contest will play Ole Miss on Friday at 2:15 p.m. in the quarterfinals. Ole Miss got the bye as the second seed and co-champions in the Western Division with Mississippi State.
LSU has been getting better and better and is capable of defeating Tennessee if the Vols are caught looking beyond. The best bet for this game is LSU getting the +11.5 chalk.
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