NCAA Basketball Picks: Tennessee vs Arkansas

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

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A very hot but unranked Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team rolls into Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday (Feb 13) to play No. 4 Tennessee (21-2, 7-1 SEC) in a SEC East vs. West battle. Oddsmakers at BetUS.com currently have the Volunteers favored by a 9-point chalk with a 151 ½ total. Arkansas is 2-1 on the road in the SEC this season however; the wins have come against teams with a combined 5-20 records. The Vols, with a 7-1 SEC mark are undefeated (4-0) against teams from the SEC West. Arkansas (17-5, 6-2 SEC) will be Tennessee’s stiffest SEC challenge to date.

Tennessee has suffered just two home losses in almost three years. One of those came against Arkansas. The Vols are now looking to extend the second-longest home winning streak in school history to 29 games when they face Arkansas which has won four in a row and is second to Mississippi State in the SEC West.

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Though Tennessee won 83-72 on Feb. 24 at Arkansas in the most recent meeting between these teams, the Razorbacks posted a 73-69 victory over then-No. 10 Tennessee on Feb. 25, 2006 in their last visit to Knoxville. With that victory, Arkansas joined Kentucky as the only schools to win at Thompson-Boling since Bruce Pearl took over as Vols coach prior to the 2005-06 season.

Arkansas snapped Tennessee's 15-game home winning streak in 2006, but could have a tougher time Wednesday against the Vols, who are finding ways to win when they are not at their best. On Saturday, though, the Vols had trouble shaking a pesky LSU team playing its first game since coach John Brady was fired Friday.

Playing with a 101-degree temperature, Tennessee's JaJuan Smith made a steal then a layup with 11 seconds left for the game-winning basket and his only points of the contest.

The Vols overcame a season-low 31.7-percent shooting effort while scoring their fewest points of 2007-08 - well below their 83.7 average. Chris Lofton had 31 points in the most recent meeting with Arkansas, and is averaging 20.3 in four career games versus the Razorbacks.

Arkansas won 75-69 over Mississippi on Saturday to sweep a stretch of three straight home games that included wins over Mississippi State and then-No. 20 Florida.

Portions of this preview were provided by hogwired.com, the official athletic website of the University of Arkansas.

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