The 7th seed South Carolina Gamecocks face the 2nd seed Florida Gators in an East Region Elite 8 NCAA Tournament game that will take place at a neutral site at the Madison Square Garden New York, New York on Sunday, March 26 at 2:20 PM ET. The Gators are on the NCAA betting board as a -3.5 point spread favorite over the Gamecocks with a total line of 134.5.
South Carolina is coming off a 70-50 win over Baylor in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament where they covered the spread as a 3-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 120, which was under the closing line of 135.5. The Gamecocks have covered the spread in their last three games and previous to the Baylor game the total had gone over in two in a row. South Carolina had lost their last two games of the regular season before winning their three NCAA Tournament games.
Florida is coming off an 84-83 OT win over Wisconsin in their last game where the game was a PICK with the Gators a 1-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 167, which was well over the closing line of 130.5. Previous to the Wisconsin game the Gators had covered the spread in two in a row and the total had gone under in three in a row. Like South Carolina, Florida had lost their last two games of the regular season before winning their three NCAA Tournament games.
Offensively, South Carolina is putting up 73.1 points per game on a 41.7% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Gamecocks are allowing 65.2 points on a 39.9% FG average, which ranks 14th in the nation.
Florida is putting up 77.9 points per game on a 45.1% FG average. On defense the Gators are allowing 65.7 points per game on a 40.8% FG average.
This season these teams split the two games facing each other with each winning at home.
South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Florida Gators Betting Trends
- South Carolina is 4-9 against the spread in their last 13 games.
- The Gamecocks are 2-8 straight up in their last 10 games against Florida.
- Florida is 13-3 straight up in their last 16 games.
- The game total has gone under in 5 of Florida’s last 7 games.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between South Carolina and Florida have the public leaning to the Gamecocks getting the 3 points with 55%. The over/under bettors are banking on this game going over the 132.5 with 62% on board.
