Free NCAA Tournament Pick: Raiders vs. Wildcats CBB Odds
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2022 Men’s NCAA Tournament Handicapping
(22-13) #16 Wright State Raiders vs. #1 Arizona Wildcats (31-3)
Date: Friday, March 18th, 2022
Time: 7:27 PM EST
Venue: Viejas Arena, San Diego, CA.
CBB Moneyline Odds: WSU +2000 | AZ -5000
CBB Betting ATS Odds: Arizona -21.5 (Bet Now!)
CBB Betting Total: 156.5
Arizona won more games this season than any other team in the NCAA Tournament field (31), the Pac-12 Conference regular season title and Tournament Championship.
All that earned the Wildcats a number-1 seed in the South Region, it’s first number-1 seed in eight years.
It opens up in San Diego with a path through San Antonio to get to the Final Four in New Orleans.
Wright State Raiders
Wright State handled Bryant, 93–82, in the first of Wednesday evening’s two First Four games.
Tanner Holden matched a season-high with 37 points. Trey Calvin notched 21.
Junior guard Tim Finke played all 40 minutes, reduced the nation’s leading scorer to nothing more than a volume scorer, and finished with eight points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Head Coach Scott Nagy has 14 years of experience at South Dakota State and Wright State. This is his fifth NCAA Tournament dance.
Calvin may be the key in this game. He’s small but tremendously quick and smart. He’s also shoots the ball well.
If he’s able to agitate Arizona’s defense, this game will be competitive. If Arizona’s size overwhelms him, the Wildcats have a chance to cover the number.
Arizona Wildcats
It didn’t take Head Coach Tommy Lloyd any time to re-establish Arizona as the best in the Pac-12.
Now the former Gonzaga assistant who had it in writing that he would follow Mark Few as the head coach there if only he stayed, has his new team in strong position to win its first NCAA Tournament game since 2017.
Interestingly, he has done it this season with all of Miller’s guys, primarily sophomores who stayed on campus after last season’s disaster.
At Gonzaga, Lloyd was an international recruitment specialist and his roster at Arizona stays in line with that.
Leading scorer Bennedict Mathurin (17.4 ppg) comes from Montreal; Azuolas Tubelis (14.5 ppg) hails from Lithuania; Pelle Larsson is from Sweden; and Christian Koloko (Cameroon) and Oumar Ballo (Mali) were born in Africa before arriving in the States and Spain, respectively.
March Madness Betting Trends:
- Raiders are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Wildcats are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 neutral site games.
- Over is 6-0 in Raiders last 6 games as an underdog.
- Over is 6-0 in Wildcats last 6 overall.
- Over is 5-0 in Raiders last 5 neutral site games.
Free Wright State Raiders vs. Arizona Wildcats NCAA Tournament Prediction:
Arizona’s size is awesome and it will be the difference in ensuring a victory over the 16-seed.
That said, Wright State is a legitimately good team. It has two good perimeter scorers, another one inside and a do-it-all stopper in Finke.
Don’t expect the Raiders to throw in the towel when they get behind in this one. They will fight to keep this margin inside of 20.
4* Free CBB March Madness Betting Pick: Wright State +21.5
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