Tennessee vs Arizona 12/22/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Arizona Wildcats and the Tennessee Volunteers meet in college basketball action from Thompson-Boling Arena on Wednesday night.

The Arizona Wildcats will look to remain unbeaten after picking up an 84-60 win over Cal Baptist last time out. Bennedict Mathurin leads the Wildcats in scoring with 17.4 PPG along with 6.5 RPG while Azuolas Tubelis has 16.1 PPG with 6.8 RPG. Christian Koloko has 13.6 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead Arizona on the glass while Kerr Krilsa has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 5.4 APG to lead the Wildcats in assists and round out the group of double-digit scorers for Arizona so far this season. As a team, Arizona is averaging 91 PPG on 49.7% shooting from the field, 34.8% from three and 72% from the foul line while allowing 62.8 PPG on 36.1% shooting from the field and 31.7% from three this season.

The Tennessee Volunteers will look to build on a 96-52 win over South Carolina Upstate last time out. Kennedy Chandler leads the Volunteers in scoring and assists with 14.6 PPG and 5.4 APG while Santiago Vescovi has 13.1 PPG with 4.4 RPG and 3.4 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Tennessee so far this season. Olivier Nkamkoua has 9.4 PPG with 6 RPG while John Fulkerson has a team-high 6.2 RPG to lead the Volunteers on the glass this season. As a team, Tennessee is averaging 78.5 PPG on 45.8% shooting from the field, 34% from three and 69% from the foul line while allowing 57.9 PPG on 38% shooting from the field and 30.7% from three this season.

Arizona is 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games while the over is 10-2 in their last 12 games following a win. Tennessee is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 3-11-2 ATS in their last 16 Wednesday games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 gaes against a team with a winning percentage above .600.

I get the case to be made for Tennessee at home, but realistically, I can’t pass up a free bucket with an Arizona team that’s yet to steer anyone wrong this season if you’ve been blindly backing them. Tennessee’s been playing well, especially at home, but the Wildcats haven’t played a soft schedule and this line is showing them practically no respect. Give me Arizona and the free bucket here.