Arkansas vs Central Arkansas 12/1/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Central Arkansas Bears and the Arkansas Razorbacks meet in college basketball action from the Bud Walton Arena on Wednesday night.

The Central Arkansas Bears will be out to bounce back from a 75-66 loss to Presbyterian last time out. Camren Hunter leads the Bears in scoring and assists with 11.9 PPG and 2.6 APG as the lone double-digit scorer for the Bears up to this point in the season. Darious Hall has 9.7 PPG with at eam-high 6.7 RPG and Collin Cooper also has 9.4 PPG to help the cause for Central Arkansas. As a team, Central Arkansas is averaging 61 PPG on 39.2% shooting from the field, 25.5% from three and 71.6% from the foul line while allowing 82.6 PPG on 46.7% shooting from the field and 34.3% from three this season.

The Arkansas Razorbacks will try to add to a 76-60 win over Penn in their last game. JD Notae leads the Hogs in scoring with 19.5 PPG along with 4.5 RPG and 3.7 APG while Au’Diese Toney has 13 PPG with 7.3 RPG. Chris Lykes has 12.7 PPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Arkansas so far this season while Connor Vanover and Stanley Umude each have 9.5+ PPG and Jaylin Williams has team-highs of 8.3 PPG and 4.7 APG as well this season. As a team, Arkansas is averaging 79PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field, 29.7% from three and 72.1% from the foul line while allowing 66.8 PPG on 40.8% shooting from the field and 35.5% from three this season.

Central Arkansas is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 road games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Wednesday games while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 road games against a team with a winning home record. Arkansas is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a losing road record and 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games following an ATS loss while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a loss.

Have I been as impressed with the Razorbacks compared to last season? No, but the bottom line is that while Central Arkansas schedules up often, the results tend to backfire as the Bears get rung up more often than not. Arkansas is a deep team that’s well-coached under Eric Musselman and I think the Bears are in for a long day here as the Hogs win by 40+. Lay the points with the Razorbacks here.