Tony Caliente here with a look at the Arkansas vs. Tennessee game and what the line should be compared to what it actually is.
We had a line of Tennessee -3 here with the College Basketball Betting Power Ratings indicating the number should be closer to -1.
Arkansas won the previous meeting 95-93.
In fact, Arkansas is 7-2-1 Against The Spread in their last 10 games overall and they have beaten the Volunteers in the last six games of this series.
The Volunteers now have won five in a row.
“We had 22 offensive rebounds, and that was the difference,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said. “We know that our biggest Achilles heel all year has been rebounding. We talked about it a lot, not so much offensively where we want to go get it, but trying to do it on the defensive end.”
Sixth-seeded Arkansas knocked off No. 23 Florida 80-73 to advance to the semifinal round. Jaylen Barford scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and freshman big man Daniel Gafford had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Razorbacks (23-10), who almost certainly sealed an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament with the win over the Gators.
Arkansas has won four of five.
“I was proud of our guys and the effort defensively,” Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. “In the second half, we came out with a great intensity and focus on defense.”
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
