NCAA Tournament Picks: Arkansas vs Texas Tech 3/21/21 College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions

The Arkansas Razorbacks face the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sunday in March Madness college basketball NCAA Tournament Second Round at the Lucas Oil Stadium.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders look for another win after beating Utah State in the first round. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are averaging 73.3 points on 44.5 percent shooting and allowing 63.3 points on 40.8 percent shooting. Mac McClung is averaging 15.7 points and 2.2 assists while Terrence Shannon Jr. is averaging 12.7 points and 4.1 rebounds. Kevin McCullar is the third double-digit scorer and Kyler Edwards is grabbing 4.6 rebounds. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are shooting 34.6 percent from beyond the arc and 71.4 percent from the free throw line. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are allowing 34.6 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.6 rebounds per game.

The Arkansas Razorbacks look for another win after beating Colgate in the first round. The Arkansas Razorbacks are averaging 83.3 points on 45.6 percent shooting and allowing 70.7 points on 41.4 percent shooting. Moses Moody is averaging 17.4 points and 5.9 rebounds while JD Notae is averaging 13.3 points and 2.1 assists. Justin Smith is the third double-digit scorer and Jalen Tate is grabbing 3.8 rebounds. The Arkansas Razorbacks are shooting 34.4 percent from beyond the arc and 74.5 percent from the free throw line. The Arkansas Razorbacks are allowing 32.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 36.8 rebounds per game.

The Red Raiders are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 neutral site games and 7-16 ATS in their last 23 games overall. The Razorbacks are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 Sunday games and 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games overall. The under is 5-1 in Red Raiders last 6 overall. The under is 6-2 in Razorbacks last 8 overall. The under is 22-8 in Razorbacks last 30 neutral site games.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders may be the better team on paper, but they’ve had issues covering numbers all season long and they struggled to pull away from Utah State in the opening round. The Arkansas Razorbacks are now 18-9-1 against the spread on the season and they’re probably the more balanced team overall with an edge certainly on the offensive side. Arkansas can pull away in this game if it shoots an average percentage from the field. I want the free bucket with the Razorbacks.