Game Preview
On Wednesday, the Pete Hanna Center will host an exciting college basketball game between the Samford Bulldogs and the VMI Keydets. Overall, VMI is holding a 5-10 record so far this season. The Keydets’ most recent game ended in a defeat to East Tennessee State, while Samford’s record now stands at 8-7 after a weekend victory over the Citadel.
With very important victories over Penn State NK, Regent VA, Navy, and Carlow, the VMI Keydets began the year with a record of 4-6. The Keydets have only managed a 1-4 record since that time, with defeats to American, Fordham, Furman, and East Tennessee State.
The Keydets struggled in a 64-50 loss over East Tennessee State on Saturday, scoring only 25 points in each half, which is definitely very concerning. Tyler Houser scored 11 points, while Sean Conway finished second on the squad with 12 points and six rebounds.
Now if we take a look at the other side of the court, Samford’s record this season was 6-4 after 10 games, with losses to LA Tech, UT Southern, DePaul, and UCF. Before victories over Mercer and the Citadel, the Bulldogs would suffer three more consecutive losses.
In their matchup with the Citadel, the Bulldogs held a 30-25 advantage at halftime. Samford maintained their lead with a 45-38 second half and won 75-63. Jermaine Marshall doubled with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Logan Dye scored 20 points.
The Bulldogs went through a difficult period of seven straight losses, but they have finally turned the corner. During their losing skid, Samford faced some pretty challenging opponents, and a few of them were quite tight games.
However, Samford has scored 153 points in total over their last two games, so they should score well here. While on this losing skid, VMI has conceded 69 points or more in three of the four games, which ultimately makes the Bulldogs look like the strongest team in this matchup.
Let’s check the latest NCAAB picks, news, stats and NCAAB expert picks for VMI vs Samford. We’ve plenty of NCAAB predictions for you to consider.
VMI Keydets vs Samford Bulldogs Game Information
- Date: 01/04/2023
- Time: 07:00 PM ET
- Location: Samford Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI.
- How to Watch VMI vs Samford : FOX
- Live Stream: CBS.com
VMI vs Samford Betting Lines
VMI is +670 according to our Vegas NCAAB Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $670.On the other side, Samford is -1020 according to the Vegas NCAAB Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $10.
The implied probability for these two teams attached to the betting lines has VMI at a 12.99% chance of winning the game, meanwhile Samford has 91.07% probability of finishing the game with the W.
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