South Florida Bulls vs Alabama Crimson Tide Prediction, 12/17/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: USF Bulls vs Alabama Crimson Tide

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Location: Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, AL

TV: ESPN+

The USF Bulls (6-4) are on their way to Coleman Coliseum on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide (7-3).

The USF Bulls stepped onto the hardwood against Charleston and earned the victory with a final of 81-75 in their last contest. South Florida finished with a 40.6% FG percentage (28 out of 69) and buried 9 of their 32 three-point attempts. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Bulls buried 16 of 23 attempts for a rate of 69.6%. Regarding hauling in boards, they compiled 40 with 19 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 15 assists for this game while creating 13 turnovers and having 10 steals. When it comes to the defense, South Florida let their opponent shoot 37.1% from the field on 23 out of 62 shooting. Charleston doled out 10 dimes and had 6 steals in this contest. In addition, Charleston collected 36 rebounds (13 offensive, 23 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Charleston walked away from this one shooting 80.0% at the charity stripe by knocking down 20 of 25 tries. They knocked down 9 out of their 28 tries from distance. When discussing personal fouls, the Bulls walked away with 22 while Charleston had 21 personal fouls.

Joseph Pinion is a guy who was a factor in the matchup. He ended up walking away with 21 points on 7 out of 16 shooting. He was on the court for 35 minutes played and also grabbed 3 rebounds. He finished the game at 43.8% from the floor and earned 2 assists.

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South Florida will play this game with a win-loss mark of 6-4 for the year. They are losing possession via turnover 11.8 times per game and as a squad they commit 22.4 fouls every game. As a team, South Florida is grabbing 41.4 rebounds per game and is sitting with 163 dimes this season, which is 144th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. The Bulls are shooting 31.2% on shots from distance (91 of 292) and 74.2% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 88.6 pts per game (29th in Division 1) while going 43.6% from the floor.

On the defensive end of the court, the Bulls are able to force 16.4 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 21.1 fouls. They are 158th in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 140 conceded for the year. The Bulls defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 43.6% (264 of 605) and they relinquish 38.1 boards per game as a team. They are surrendering 35.6% on shots from distance while they are 315th in college in PPG allowed (79.6).

The last time they took the court, the Alabama Crimson Tide took a loss by a score of 96-75 against Arizona. The Crimson Tide were able to collect 27 defensive rebounds and 3 offensive rebounds for a total of 30 for this game. They turned it over 15 times, while recording 2 steals for the matchup. Arizona was called for 15 fouls in this contest which took the Crimson Tide to the free throw line for 18 attempts. They were able to knock down 13 of the free throw tries for a clip of 72.2%. When talking about shooting from 3-point land, Alabama knocked down 12 of their 32 tries (37.5%). At the conclusion of this game, the Crimson Tide finished the game shooting 25 for 56 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.6%. The Crimson Tide permitted Arizona to make 36 of 84 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.9% in the game. They finished shooting 38.5% from 3-point land by shooting 10 out of 26 and ended up shooting 14 of 20 at the free throw line (70.0%). In the matter of how they rebounded, Alabama permitted Arizona to grab 48 overall (20 offensive).

Labaron Philon was important for the Crimson Tide for this contest. He buried 7 out of 16 in this matchup for a field goal percentage of 43.8%, and had 10 rebounds. He tallied 24 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and accounted for 5 dimes in this matchup.

Alabama has a win-loss mark of 7-3 this season. As an offensive team, the Crimson Tide are shooting 47.7% from the field, which has them ranked 90th in the nation. Alabama has earned 931 pts on the campaign (93.1 per contest) and they pull down 41.6 boards per game. They are earning an assist 17.6 times per game (44th in college) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 10.4 times per contest. The Crimson Tide are responsible for committing 18.3 personal fouls per contest and they hit 74.9% from the free throw line.

The Crimson Tide defensively are ranked 325th in Division 1 in points given up per game with 80.9. They have forced 10.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 42.2% from the field (127th in college hoops). The Alabama defense surrenders 31.4% on 3-point shots (77 of 245) and opponents are connecting on 65.4% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 14.1 dimes and 40.2 total boards per game, which is ranked 234th and 349th in the country.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take South Florida

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