Alabama-Birmingham vs San Diego State Picks and Prediction – 3/22/2024

The No. 5 seeded San Diego State Aztecs will play the No. 12 seeded UAB Blazers on Friday in the first round of the East region at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington. UAB finished the regular season 23-11 overall and 12-6 in the American Athletic Conference. The Blazers defeated the Temple Owls 85-79 on Sunday in the championship game of the AAC tournament, finishing the season with five straight victories. Make sure you stay up to date with College Basketball with our Basketball picks.

Yaxel Lendeborg is the leading scorer and rebounder for UAB with averages of 13.8 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, while Eric Gaines is the second leading scorer in the leader in assists with averages of 12.2 points and 5.4 assists per game. UAB has four players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team, the Blazers are scoring an average of 77.6 points per game.

The San Diego State Aztecs finished the regular season 24-10 overall and 11-7 in Mountain West Conference play. The Aztecs were defeated by the New Mexico Lobos 68-61 on Saturday in the Mountain West Conference tournament championship game, which snapped a two-game winning streak for the Aztecs. However, San Diego State lost three of its final five games of the season.

Jaeden LeDee is leading San Diego State in scoring and rebounding with averages of 21.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, while Darrion Trammell is the leader in assists with an average of 3.3 per game. San Diego State has only two players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team, the Aztecs are scoring an average of 74.6 points per game.