Arkansas Razorbacks vs Texas A&M Aggies Prediction, 3/10/2023 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arkansas Razorbacks vs Texas A&M Aggies

Date: Friday, March 10, 2023

Location: Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN

TV: SECN

Odds/Point Spread: Arkansas (+2)

Bridgestone Arena is where the Texas A&M Aggies (23-8) will go up against the Arkansas Razorbacks (19-12) on Friday. Arkansas opens this matchup as 2-point dogs. The over/under is set at 141.

The Arkansas Razorbacks faced Kentucky and ended up losing by a score of 88-79 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Razorbacks ended up finishing with 26 while Kentucky finished the game with 26 personal fouls. They made 4 of their 14 attempts from long range. Kentucky finished 78.8% at the free throw line by knocking down 26 of 33 attempts. Furthermore, Kentucky snagged 39 boards (9 offensive, 30 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Kentucky dished out 14 assists and had 5 steals for this game. In the matter of the defense, Arkansas allowed their opponent to shoot 53.7% from the field on 29 out of 54 shooting. They also dished out 14 dimes for the contest as well as forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and having 9 steals. In regard to pulling down rebounds, they earned 33 with 15 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Razorbacks converted 22 of their 34 tries for a percentage of 64.7%. Arkansas walked away from the game with a 35.7% FG percentage (25 out of 70) and buried 7 of their 22 3-point attempts.

Nick Smith is one player who was a factor for the matchup. He was able to score 25 points on 10 out of 23 shooting. He played for 35 mins played and also collected 3 rebounds. He shot 43.5% from the floor and also recorded 6 dimes.

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Arkansas steps onto the hardwood with a win-loss mark of 19-12 for the year. They currently have an average of 74.8 pts per contest (109th in Division 1) while going 47.5% from the field. The Razorbacks are hitting 32.1% on shots beyond the perimeter (160 of 499) and 69.0% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Arkansas is collecting 35.5 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 417 dimes for the year, which is 171st in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 12.7 times per game and as a team they commit 19.1 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Razorbacks are able to force 14.5 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.9 fouls. They are 23rd in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 320 relinquished on the year. The Razorbacks defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 41.7% (723 of 1,732) and they surrender 32.9 boards per game as a unit. They concede 30.9% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 99th in college basketball in points per game allowed (67.2).

When they last played, the Texas A&M Aggies walked away with a victory by a final of 67-61 against Alabama. In the matter of rebounding, Texas A&M allowed Alabama to grab 40 overall (15 on the offensive side). They went 19.4% from behind the 3-point line by going 7 out of 36 and walked away from this one shooting 10 of 11 at the free throw line (90.9%). The Aggies allowed Alabama to knock down 22 out of 65 attempts from the field which had them shooting 33.8% in the game. In all, the Aggies went 18 for 53 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 34.0%. When discussing shooting from distance, Texas A&M knocked down 4 out of 16 attempts (25.0%). They were able to make 27 of those for a rate of 96.4%. Alabama was called for 22 fouls in this contest which got the Aggies to the free throw line for a total of 28 shots. They also coughed it up 13 times, while getting 7 steals for the contest. The Aggies corralled 26 defensive boards and 4 offensive boards for a total of 30 in this game.

Wade Taylor pitched in for the Aggies for the contest. He earned 28 points in his 31 minutes of playing time and had 1 assist for the matchup. He made 8 out of 15 for the game for a field goal rate of 53.3%, and had 3 rebounds.

Texas A&M has a mark of 23-8 this year. The Aggies have committed 18.4 personal fouls every game and they shoot 76.2% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 12.8 times per game (208th in the nation) and they cough up possession 12.3 times per game. Texas A&M has scored 2,273 pts for the year (73.3 per contest) and they pull down 36.8 boards per contest. As an offense, the Aggies are shooting 43.6% from the floor, which is ranked 247th in D-1.

The Texas A&M defense allows 32.2% on 3-point shots (251 of 780) and their opposition makes 70.7% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 13.1 assists and 32.0 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 215th and 67th in those categories on the defensive end. The Aggies are ranked 55th in college basketball in PPG surrendered with 65.6. They have forced 14.2 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.0% from the floor (16th in the country).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Arkansas (+2)

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