Alabama Crimson Tide vs Arkansas Razorbacks Prediction, 1/11/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Arkansas Razorbacks

Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Location: Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR

TV: Youtube TV

The Alabama Crimson Tide (13-2) are en route to Bud Walton Arena on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Arkansas Razorbacks (12-3).

The Alabama Crimson Tide faced Kentucky and notched a win by a score of 78-52 in their last contest. Alabama finished the contest having earned a 48.1% field goal percentage (26 of 54) and converted 8 out of their 22 shots from beyond the arc. From the charity stripe, the Crimson Tide converted 18 of 26 shots for a percentage of 69.2%. In reference to getting rebounds, they earned 37 with 6 of them being of the offensive variety. They also dished out 13 dimes for this contest while creating 11 turnovers and getting 9 steals. In relation to defense, Alabama allowed their opponent to shoot 28.8% from the field on 21 of 73 shooting. Kentucky dished out 7 assists and had 4 steals for the matchup. In addition, Kentucky grabbed 37 boards (16 offensive, 21 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Kentucky shot 62.5% at the free throw line by burying 5 of 8 shots. They buried 5 of their 20 shots from 3-point land. In reference to personal fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up finishing with 13 and Kentucky accounted for 20 personal fouls.

Brandon Miller is a guy who was a contributor for the game. He shot 46.7% from the field but finished the game without an assist. He was on the court for 34 minutes and snagged 7 rebounds. He recorded 19 points on 7 out of 15 shooting.

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Alabama heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 13-2 for the season. They are averaging 82.9 pts per game (14th in college basketball) while going 44.4% from the field. The Crimson Tide are hitting 34.9% on 3-pointers (148 of 424) and 70.9% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Alabama is snagging 46.1 boards per game and is sitting with 228 assists so far this year, which is 143rd in college basketball in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 15.9 times per game and as a team they are committing 18.7 fouls every game.

When they are on defense, the Crimson Tide are able to force 12.3 turnovers per contest while drawing 21.6 personal fouls. They currently rank 32nd in D-1 in allowing assists with 159 surrendered this year. The Crimson Tide defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 37.8% (378 of 1,001) and they relinquish 37.9 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They give up 27.8% on three-point shots and they are 209th in college hoops in PPG from their opponents (69.7).

The last time they took the court, the Arkansas Razorbacks went home defeated by a final of 72-59 when they played Auburn. The Razorbacks pulled down 27 defensive boards and 15 offensive rebounds for a total of 42 in this contest. They coughed up the ball 13 times, while getting 4 steals for the game. Auburn committed 20 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Razorbacks to the charity stripe for a total of 32 attempts. They were able to make 19 of the free throw tries for a clip of 59.4%. When talking about shots from distance, Arkansas converted 2 of their 16 tries (12.5%). When the final whistle blew, the Razorbacks finished 19 for 56 from the floor which had them sitting at 33.9%. The Razorbacks allowed Auburn to knock down 24 out of 55 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 43.6% for the contest. They shot 33.3% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 7 of 21 and ended up shooting 17 of 22 from the free throw line (77.3%). When discussing cleaning up the glass, Arkansas allowed Auburn to snag 30 in total (7 on the offensive glass).

Anthony Black ended up having an impact for the Razorbacks for this contest. He scored 23 points in his 30 mins of playing time and accumulated 4 dimes for the matchup. He buried 5 of 11 in this contest for a field goal rate of 45.5%, and added 7 rebounds.

Arkansas has a record of 12-3 on the season. In terms of offensive execution, the Razorbacks are shooting 47.5% from the field, which has them ranked 46th in the country. Arkansas has tallied 1,143 pts so far this year (76.2 per contest) and they average 36.5 boards per game. They are earning an assist 13.5 times per game (179th in the nation) and they turn the ball over 12.9 times per game. The Razorbacks commit 17.5 fouls every game and they connect on 70.3% from the charity stripe.

The Razorbacks defensively are ranked 38th in college basketball in points given up per game with 62.9. They are able to force 16.9 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 41.4% from the field (100th in college basketball). The Arkansas defense allows 29.0% on shots from distance (79 of 272) and opponents are connecting on 68.9% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 9.9 dimes and 30.9 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 23rd and 23rd in the nation.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Arkansas

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