Early on Saturday afternoon, a low-major college basketball matchup will play out in Upstate New York when the Florida Atlantic Owls visit the Albany Great Danes. These two teams have had incredibly different starts to their season, and the visitors enter as huge favorites as a result. In our college basketball picks for Saturday, we look at Florida Atlantic vs Albany from New York’s Capital Region.
Florida Atlantic vs Albany Betting Pick
ℹ️ The Pick: | Florida Atlantic -11.5 |
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This game will be played at McDonough Sports Complex at 1:00 PM ET on Saturday, November 26, 2022.
Why Bet On Florida Atlantic:
✅ The Albany Great Danes are in the middle of a way worse season than their 3-4 record would indicate. They have just one Division I win on the year, and that came against a Presbyterian team that is 0-5 against Division I competition. UAlbany is 1-4 against Division I foes and will continue to struggle against them here.
✅ The Danes are also dealing with a lot off the court. Their head coach is facing a lawsuit for “inappropriate physical contact” with a player, and they are playing at a nearby community college while their normal arena undergoes renovations. It is not a great situation.
✅ Florida Atlantic, meanwhile, has a win at Florida already this season and a win over a pacy Bryant team as well. They could be the class of Conference USA despite being picked fifth in the preseason.
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Florida Atlantic Owls
Albany Great Danes
Team Stats Per Game
Advanced Game Stats
Offense/Defense
FLATL | Advanced Game Stats | ALBNY |
---|---|---|
69.1 | Pace | 74.6 |
117.2 | Off.Rate | 105.2 |
.349 | FTr | .383 |
.388 | 3PAr | .296 |
.579 | TS% | .549 |
52.9 | TRB% | 50.0 |
51.0 | AST% | 46.3 |
10.1 | STL% | 9.8 |
7.7 | BLK% | 11.4 |
.550 | eFG% | .510 |
13.5 | TOV% | 15.3 |
33.7 | ORB% | 29.0 |
.250 | TF/FGA | .278 |
Defense/Offense
FLATL | Advanced Game Stats | ALBNY |
---|---|---|
69.1 | Pace | 74.6 |
104.1 | Off.Rate | 105.1 |
.275 | FTr | .288 |
.362 | 3PAr | .368 |
.528 | TS% | .538 |
47.1 | TRB% | 50.0 |
38.1 | AST% | 44.8 |
8.3 | STL% | 11.1 |
6.7 | BLK% | 7.4 |
.497 | eFG% | .507 |
14.3 | TOV% | 15.4 |
29.1 | ORB% | 30.5 |
.200 | TF/FGA | .209 |
Betting Trends
FLATL | Betting Trends | ALBNY |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
3-0-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
3-0-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-2-0 |
79 | Avg Score | 68.67 |
67.67 | Avg Opp Score | 79.33 |
AWAY | HOME | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 0-2-0 |
69.67 | Avg Score | 69.33 |
78 | Avg Opp Score | 74.67 |
FLATL | Betting Trends | ALBNY |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
4-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-3-0 |
3-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-3-0 |
77 | Avg Score | 71 |
65.8 | Avg Opp Score | 77.6 |
AWAY | HOME | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-3-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-3-0 |
70.8 | Avg Score | 66.6 |
70.8 | Avg Opp Score | 71.2 |
FLATL | Betting Trends | ALBNY |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
7-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-7-0 |
5-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-6-0 |
76.3 | Avg Score | 64.5 |
66.9 | Avg Opp Score | 69.6 |
AWAY | HOME | |
4-6-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-7-0 |
5-4-1 | ATS W/L/P | 2-7-0 |
68 | Avg Score | 65.8 |
71 | Avg Opp Score | 70.6 |
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Florida Atlantic Owls
It has been a wildly successful start to the season for the Florida Atlantic Owls. They have won four of their five games to start the year, with their lone loss coming against an Ole Miss team that has yet to lose a game through their first six contests. FAU has a Power 5 win over Florida under their belt, and will look for a less prestigious, but still valuable win over UAlbany here.
For FAU, defending the three-point line will decide how this afternoon game goes for them. UAlbany has a finesse roster that can be bullied around the glass, and their way of staying in games right now is shooting well from the outside. If FAU can limit that, they can cruise and make a bad start to the season worse for their hosts here.
Albany Great Danes
It has been a bad start to the year for the Albany Great Danes. From a lawsuit surrounding the program, to local media calling for transparency surrounding what led to that lawsuit, to former coaches celebrating a player being “inappropriately physically contacted” by the current head coach, it has been a mess throughout. And if the Danes do not play better on the court, this game is not likely to turn any frowns upside down.
UAlbany has three wins this season: two over non-Division I schools Immaculata and Union, and one over Division I Presbyterian, who has been embarrassing in their own right on the court. This might be the best opponent that the Great Danes have played so far, ranked 76th overall by Kenpom going into Saturday night. Barring a major change in course from this team, it could be a long afternoon at Hudson Valley Community College.