With just a week or two left in regular season action on the collegiate hardwood, the stakes are high. In a key early game on CBS, Florida and Mississippi try to get up and off the “bubble” with a key tournament resume building win. The Rebels have the ad

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With just a week or two left in regular season action on the collegiate hardwood, the stakes are high. In a key early game on CBS, Florida and Mississippi try to get up and off the “bubble” with a key tournament resume building win. The Rebels have the advantage of playing at home and is typically tough to beat at Oxford. Get more on this and all of Saturday’s games on the Sportsbook.com GAME MATCHUPS page.

The Gators (18-8, 11-10 ATS) are not going to win SEC East, thus the next order of business is setting the wheels into motion of securing a NCAA Tournament berth. One of the main things the committee likes is high caliber road wins. Florida (4-3 and 4-2 ATS as true visitors) will have three chances before the SEC tourney to boost its status and lately the Gators have not helped themselves losing three of their previous six contests. Improved defense and rebounding are tantamount and coach Billy Donovan has taken some of the ball-handling duties away from guard Erving Walker, after he suffered a volume of turnovers. Florida has to control pace since they are 0-9 ATS when they allow 75 to 80 points in a game and Missippi is certainly capable of reaching that number here.

Ole Miss (17-8, 12-8-1 ATS) is guard-oriented, basically dependant on what they can accomplish outside the paint. Led by Chris Warren, the Rebels are seeking school’s first NCAA Tournament berth since 2002, however Mississippi will probably have to win out to have a chance since they have lost four of five (1-3-1 ATS). In the SEC, any win is a good win and to get one here, coach Andy Kennedy needs more from forward DeAundre Cranston, as opponents are stretching defense further out, not believing Mississippi can score consistently near the basket. Ole Miss is 12-3 ATS in home games when playing against a team with 60-80 win percentage over the last three seasons.

These teams have split the last six in Oxford with Florida 5-1 ATS. The StatFox Power Line shows Mississippi by 5. How does that compare to the latest LIVE ODDS on Sportsbook.com?

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