Tennessee vs. Purdue Prediction, Pick Against the Spread, and Latest Odds for Elite Eight
Tennessee vs. Purdue Prediction, Pick Against the Spread, and Latest Odds for Elite Eight
The Tennessee Volunteers and the Purdue Boilermakers will meet from Motor City on Sunday afternoon.
The winner of this contest will punch their ticket to the Final Four.
Tennessee vs. Purdue DATE, TIME, AND WHERE TO WATCH
- Date: March 31, 2024
- Start Time: 2:20 p.m. ET
- Where to Watch: CBS
Tennessee vs. Purdue ODDS
- Spread: Tennessee +3 (+100), Purdue -3 (-110)
- Total Odds: O/U 148 (-110)
- Moneyline Odds: Tennessee (+145), Purdue (-160)
Tennessee vs. Purdue Prediction
The Vols enter this game following a wire-to-wire win over Creighton on Friday night.
Rick Barnes' team is playing with confidence right now and feels as if they have what it takes to win a championship.
Tennessee blew out St Peter’s in Round of 62 and followed that up with a hard-nosed win over Texas in the Round of 32.
The Vols have never been to a Final Four.
First-team all-American Dalton Knecht leads the team with 21.2 points per game.
Long Island, New York native Zakai Zeigler has averaged 11.9 points and a team-best 6.0 assists.
Jonas Aidoo has added 11.7 points and 7.5 rebounds.
The Vols have averaged 79.5 points per game.
Purdue comes into this contest looking like the second-best team in college basketball.
The Boilermakers have dominated their first three games thus far.
Matt Painters' squad blew out Grambling State in round one and followed it up with a 106-67 win over Utah State.
Purdue took care of business in the Sweet 16 beating Gonzaga 80-68.
The Boilermakers have not reached the final four since 1980.
The National Player of the Year, Zach Edey, leads the Boilermakers with 24.6 points and 12.1 rebounds per game.
Sophomore Braden Smith has been great, adding 12.3 points and a team-high 7.5 assists.
Indiana native Fletcher Loyer has averaged 10.5 points and 1.9 assists.
Purdue has scored 83.4 points per game.
Tennessee vs. Purdue Pick
We have been riding Purdue all tournament and will continue tonight.
Like most teams, the Vols have nobody that can match up with Edey.
Purdue is playing with loads of confidence right now, and outside of UConn, they have been the best team in this tournament.
The Boilermakers will find a way to get the cover for us today.
Pick: Purdue -3 -110 Click here to see which sportsbook has the best odds
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