Alabama Crimson Tide vs Florida Gators Prediction, 2/1/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Florida Gators

Date: Sunday, February 1, 2026

Location: Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, FL

TV: ABC

The Alabama Crimson Tide (14-6) are en route to Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Sunday where they will compete against the Florida Gators (15-6).

The Alabama Crimson Tide stepped onto the hardwood against Missouri and notched a win by a score of 90-64 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up with 15 and Missouri recorded 20 personal fouls. They also converted 4 of their 21 attempts from beyond the arc. Missouri shot 34.8% from the free throw line by burying 8 of their 23 shots. In addition, Missouri had 41 rebounds (14 offensive, 27 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Missouri recorded 10 dimes and had 3 steals in this game. In relation to defending, Alabama allowed the other team to shoot 39.4% from the field on 26 of 66 shooting. They also recorded 19 dimes in the game as well as creating 12 turnovers and earning 10 steals. When it comes to grabbing rebounds, they earned 39 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Crimson Tide made 23 of 26 attempts for a percentage of 88.5%. Alabama walked away from the contest with a 41.9% FG percentage (26 out of 62) and converted 15 out of their 39 3-pointers.

Latrell Wrightsell Jr. is one player who had an impact in this matchup. He finished the game at 63.6% from the floor and dished out 2 assists. He saw the court for 29 minutes played and collected 5 rebounds. He notched 21 points on 7 of 11 shooting.

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Alabama comes into this game with a win-loss record of 14-6 so far this year. They turn it over 9.6 times per contest and as a squad they are committing 19.8 personal fouls per contest. As a team, Alabama is snagging 41.9 boards per game and has earned 325 dimes on the year, which ranks 110th in college in terms of passing the ball. The Crimson Tide are shooting 34.8% on shots beyond the perimeter (248 of 713) and 75.6% from the free throw line. They have an average of 92.0 points per game (6th in D-1) while going 45.5% from the field.

On defense, the Crimson Tide have forced 10.2 turnovers per game while drawing 19.8 fouls. They are 71st in D-1 in giving up assists to the opposition with 252 surrendered on the year. The Crimson Tide defense is allowing a FG percentage of 41.9% (570 of 1,361) and they surrender 41.5 boards per game as a group. They are giving up 31.4% on three-point shots and they are ranked 338th in college in opponents PPG (81.5).

When they last played, the Florida Gators went home victorious with a score of 95-48 when they played South Carolina. The Gators were able to corral 34 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards for a total of 40 in the game. They also coughed it up 11 times, while getting 4 steals in this contest. South Carolina earned 12 fouls in the game which took the Gators to the free throw line for 14 attempts. They were able to convert 10 of those for a rate of 71.4%. Pertaining to shooting from downtown, Florida buried 9 out of 21 attempts (42.9%). When the final whistle was blown, the Gators finished shooting 38 out of 61 from the field which gave them a rate of 62.3%. The Gators allowed South Carolina to convert 15 out of 58 attempts from the field which had them sitting at 25.9% for the contest. They went 15.0% from three-point range by connecting on 3 of 20 and finished the contest at 15 out of 17 from the charity stripe (88.2%). When discussing attacking the glass, Florida allowed South Carolina to snag 19 overall (5 on the offensive side).

Thomas Haugh was important for the Gators in this matchup. He had 18 points in his 26 mins on the hardwood and had 1 assist for this contest. He knocked down 7 of 12 for the contest for a field goal rate of 58.3%, and earned 3 rebounds.

Florida has a win-loss record of 15-6 so far this year. When it comes to offense, the Gators are connecting on 46.7% from the field, which ranks them 103rd in college. Florida has 1,798 pts this season (85.6 per game) and they average 46.1 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 16.0 times per game (81st in college) and they are giving up possession 12.2 times per game. The Gators are committing 17.6 fouls per contest and they shoot 70.1% from the free throw line.

The Gators defensively are ranked 115th in D-1 in PPG given up with 71.1. They are forcing 11.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 41.1% from the floor (55th in D-1). The Florida defense concedes 32.5% on 3-point attempts (134 of 412) and their opposition knocks down 71.8% of their free throw attempts. They relinquish 10.7 assists and 30.4 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 20th and 17th in the country.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Florida and under the total points

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