Miami FL vs Florida Prediction & Picks: College Basketball 11/1-2

Can Miami FL, loaded with new transfers, cover 6.5 points against preseason number one Florida? The two meet in Tampa, FL, with tip-off set for Monday, November 2 at 3:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM ET, and the guys played Florida as a 6.5-point favorite when they taped on October 29. This is the Miami FL vs Florida segment from the College Basketball Picks: Sunday 11/1 & Monday 11/2 episode.

Miami FL vs Florida Odds

Florida was a 6.5-point favorite over Miami FL when the guys taped on October 29.

Our Picks

Ryan Kramer (@KramerCentric): Miami FL +6.5
Sean Green (@SeanTGreen): Florida -6.5
Colby Dant (@thecolbyd): Florida -6.5

The segment opened with the venue. Neither school is from Tampa, and Colby went off on how a game like this counts as a neutral-site game in the metrics. He called it a loophole that helps schools chase data points for NCAA tournament seeding while the fans and the sport suffer. The other guys agreed it only makes sense for tournaments or a real card of games, and not for a neutral-site game in your own neighborhood.

Then they got to the teams. Colby likes both and said Florida, the preseason number one and a recent national champion, barely needs a sales pitch. He is also high on Miami FL’s coach and on a portal class that includes a fifth-year big man, Malik Reneau. Still, with the opener in Tampa, he stayed with the Gators.

Sean raised the problem for Miami FL: eight transfers is a lot to get working in game one against Florida. That is where Ryan turned to Florida’s coach. He ran through the early-season losses from the past few years, to teams like Arizona, Duke and Connecticut, and said a record like that is why he wanted the points. Sean’s continuity worry was valid, he said, but give him Miami FL.

Asked if he was sticking with Florida, Colby said yes. Sean went Florida too. He saw the case against Florida’s coach, but figured that might matter after this game, and noted, off Ryan’s own list, that the Gators beat Miami FL early last season. He laid the six and a half.

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