Tennessee Is A Rare Road Favorite Against Arkansas
Tennessee vs Arkansas NCAAB Odds Has Tennessee Favored On the Road
Arkansas Goes After Its Ninth Home Win In a Row Against Tennessee
Arkansas goes after its second win of the season against a ranked opponent when Tennessee comes to town after suffering its first double-digit point loss of the season. The Tennessee vs Arkansas NCAAB odds have the Volunteers listed as the road favorite.
Arkansas Razorbacks has won the last eight home games against Tennessee with the Razorbacks covering in six of those games. Three of the last four times that Tennessee played at Arkansas, the Razorbacks won by double digits.
The college basketball betting lines have Tennessee Volunteers as the 8.5-point favorite with -400 odds to win the game outright. For those who think Arkansas can spring the upset, the Moneyline is at +320 to win the game.
When looking at the odds to win March Madness, Tennessee is fifth at +1200 in the odds of winning the national title. Arkansas is well back at +50000 in the championship odds. Despite a 4-5 record in Quad 1 games, Tennessee is sixth in the NCAA NET rankings. Arkansas is 1-6 in Quad 1 games and 136th in the NCAA NET rankings.
Tennessee fell two spots to No. 8 in the Associated Press poll, and went from sixth to ninth in the USA Today coaches poll.
Keep on reading for more on the Tennessee-Arkansas matchup.
Tennessee vs Arkansas 
Records: Tennessee Volunteers 17-6 (7-3 in the SEC) at Arkansas 12-11 (3-7 in the SEC).
Day/Time:
Location Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, ARK
Streaming: ESPN2, ESPN+
One High-Scoring Volunteer
Former Northern Colorado star Dalton Knecht was the No. 13 rated transfer according to the 247sports.com transfer portal database. It would be hard to find more than a player or two who has made more of an impact for his new team than the 6-foot-6 senior.
Knecht, a favorite of those making player prop bets, has scored at least 20 points in eight of his last nine games. He is averaging 28.4 points with 29 3-pointers during that stretch. Keep that in mind when looking at the Tennessee vs Arkansas NCAAB odds.
He is priced at +116 to have at least 25 points in this game.
Kentucky and Ole Miss are the only SEC teams to hold Knecht under 20 points this season. He has shot under 50% in each of his last four games matching his longest stretch of the season.
The Volunteers covered in four of their last five games played in February.
All Hands on Deck For the Razorbacks
After going 1-3 at home in January with the lone win coming by one point against Texas A&M, Arkansas won its first home game in February thanks to 44 bench points against Georgia.
The reserves for Arkansas outscored the starters in the game.
Arkansas is 12th among Division I teams with an average of 31.4 bench points per game. That could play a role in the Tennessee vs Arkansas NCAAB odds.
Eleven Arkansas players average more than 14 minutes per game as the Razorbacks are over .500 despite having just two players (Makhi Mitchell and Chandler Lawson) have appeared in all 23 games.
Arkansas is led by junior Tramon Mark who has scored in double figures in 12 straight games.
The Razorbacks are 2-9 against the spread in their last 11 games against SEC teams.
Last Meeting
Tennessee never trailed on the way to a 75-57 win as a 5.5-point home favorite despite the Volunteers shooting just 4-of-16 from 3-point range. It was the last game of the season for guard Zakai Zeigler.
When looking at the NCAAB scoreboard, the game fell under the 134-point total after eight of the last nine games between Arkansas and Tennessee went over the total.
Tennessee vs Arkansas Betting Preview
Tennessee is favored at Arkansas for the first time since 2011. The Volunteers have won three of their five games this season as the road underdog. Tennessee covered in just one of those games. Arkansas has split its four games as the home underdog.
The total went over in 16 of Arkansas’ last 18 home games.
The Volunteers are 16-3 as a favorite this season while Arkansas has lost eight of its last 11 games as the underdog.
Arkansas has covered in eight of its 13 home games with 11 of those games.
The total went over in seven of Tennessee’s last 10 games as well as in eight of the last nine road games. The total is set at 151.5 in this matchup.
Arkansas has covered in only one of the last six contests.
Forward Trevon Brazile, who is the top rebounder for Arkansas and the No. 3 scorer, is questionable.
Tennessee is 14th in offensive efficiency and seventh in defensive efficiency according to the KenPom rankings. Arkansas is outside the top 100 in both offensive and defensive efficiency.
Covering as a nine-point road favorite might be a little challenging for the Volunteers but look for Tennessee to pick up their fifth road win of the season.
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