Many eyes in the college basketball world will be on Bradley Center Thursday as host Marquette looks to handle the Vanderbilt Commodores in NCAAB action.

The Golden Eagles currently sports a 11-1 record overall in NCAAB action, and have posted a corresponding betting slate of 3-5-1 ATS. The Commodores are 8-4 and 4-4 ATS. Betting totals have seen the Golden Eagles produce a 5-4 OVER/UNDER record on the season, while the Commodores have gone 3-5 against the number.



View Vanderbilt vs Marquette Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
Marquette opened as 9.5-point favorites in this College Basketball tilt.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 22 (Golden Eagles) and the No. 66 (Commodores) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 91-79 result in favor of the Golden Eagles has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Rebounding is always a key handicapping consideration and Commodores is ranked No. 149 in NCAA hoops at 35.8 per game. Contrast that with Marquette’s No. 78 mark in the paint. When it comes to three-point shooting, Marquette is the No. 209-ranked team in the country at 5.8 per game, while Vanderbilt rates No. 16 at 8.9 per game.

Comparing how these foes stack up statistically, Vanderbilt owns the country's No. 243-rated mark, allowing 74.7 points per game on the highway. Marquette, on the other hand, rates No. 34 in scoring at home.

Vanderbilt was an 89-58 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against Lafayette. The battle between the Commodores and Leopards didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as Lafayette was handed an 89-58 defeat on Wednesday at Memorial Gymnasium.

In their last action, Marquette was a 64-50 Sportsbook at home against Wisc-Milwaukee. They earned a push of the 14–point spread as favorites. The Golden Eagles got 15 points from Junior Cadougan as Marquette ran past Wisc-Milwaukee 64-50 on Thursday at Bradley Center.


Vanderbilt Commodores Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 9-1
After a win are 5-5

Marquette Golden Eagles Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Villanova are 7-3
After playing Wisc-Milwaukee are 5-3
After a win are 9-1

A few Commodores at Golden Eagles trends to consider:
Vanderbilt is 8-1-1 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vanderbilt's last 5 games on the road
Vanderbilt is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Marquette is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Marquette is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games
Marquette is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games


Next up:
Vanderbilt home to Miami (Ohio), Monday, January 2
Marquette home to Villanova, Sunday, January 1