Arkansas Razorbacks vs Duke Blue Devils Prediction, 3/26/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arkansas Razorbacks vs Duke Blue Devils

Date: Saturday, March 26, 2022

Location: Chase Center in San Francisco, CA

TV: TBS

Odds/Point Spread: Arkansas (+4)

Chase Center is where the Duke Blue Devils (31-6) will compete against the Arkansas Razorbacks (28-8) on Saturday. Arkansas is 4-point underdogs. The over/under has been set at 146.5.

The Arkansas Razorbacks faced Gonzaga and took home the win by a score of 74-68 in their last contest. Concerning personal fouls, the Razorbacks ended up finishing with 20 and Gonzaga totaled 17 personal fouls. They converted 5 out of their 21 shots from beyond the arc. Gonzaga finished 75.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 15 of their 20 tries. Moreover, Gonzaga pulled down 42 rebounds (9 offensive, 33 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Gonzaga earned 9 assists and had 5 steals for this contest. Regarding defense, Arkansas allowed the other team to shoot 37.5% from the floor on 24 of 64 shooting. They also recorded 13 assists in this matchup while forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and earning 6 steals. Pertaining to pulling down boards, they collected 37 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Razorbacks converted 9 of 14 tries for a rate of 64.3%. Arkansas walked away from the contest having earned a 40.3% FG percentage (29 out of 72) and converted 7 out of their 25 3-point shots.

Trey Wade is a guy who was a major factor for this contest. He went 60.0% from the field and also totaled 1 assist. He saw the court for 34 mins and collected 7 rebounds. He totaled 15 points on 6 of 10 shooting.

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Arkansas enters this matchup with a record of 28-8 on the season. They turn it over 12.3 times per contest and as a group they commit 16.9 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Arkansas is pulling in 38.2 boards per contest and has 500 assists so far this season, which is 50th in college hoops in terms of passing the rock. The Razorbacks are hitting 30.4% on shots from 3-point land (227 of 747) and 75.7% from the free throw line. They have an average of 76.1 points per contest (50th in the country) while going 43.4% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Razorbacks have forced 14.8 turnovers every game while drawing 19.6 fouls. They give up 32.4% on shots from downtown and they rank 141st in D-1 in PPG allowed (68.0). The Razorbacks defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 40.9% (851 of 2,082) and they relinquish 34.9 rebounds per game as a team. They rank 303rd in D-1 in allowing assists to their opponents with 456 relinquished on the year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Duke Blue Devils took home the win by a final score of 78-73 when they played Texas Tech. In the matter of cleaning the glass, Duke permitted Texas Tech to snag 29 overall (9 on the offensive glass). They went 31.6% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 6 out of 19 and finished the game at 5 out of 9 from the free throw line (55.6%). The Blue Devils permitted Texas Tech to convert 31 of their 66 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.0% for the game. When the final whistle blew, the Blue Devils went 28 for 54 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 51.9%. In relation to shooting from downtown, Duke made 7 out of 19 attempts (36.8%). They were able to convert 15 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 88.2%. Texas Tech had 14 fouls for this contest which took the Blue Devils to the free throw line for a total of 17 attempts. They also coughed up the ball 9 times, while recording 4 steals in the matchup. The Blue Devils recorded 24 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive boards totaling 28 for the matchup.

Paolo Banchero ended up being a factor for the Blue Devils for the game. He tallied 22 points in his 37 mins of playing time and had 4 assists in this game. He knocked down 7 out of 12 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 58.3%, and earned 4 rebounds.

Duke has a win-loss mark of 31-6 this year. On the offensive side of the court, the Blue Devils are shooting 49.2% from the floor, which ranks them 5th in college basketball. Duke has earned 2,967 points for the year (80.2 per game) and they pull in 38.0 rebounds per game. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 16.8 times per contest (10th in the country) and they are giving up possession 10.3 times per game. The Blue Devils are committing 13.5 fouls per game and they connect on 73.8% from the charity stripe.

The Blue Devils on the defensive end are ranked 126th in college basketball in PPG given up with 67.4. They are forcing 10.8 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 41.7% from the field (99th in college basketball). The Duke defense surrenders 31.9% from downtown (249 of 781) and their opponents are making 68.2% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 13.5 dimes and 33.7 boards every game, which is ranked 258th and 134th in those categories on the defensive end.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Duke (-4) and under 146.5 points

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