The No. 5 seed LSU Tigers (22-10, 9-9 SEC) are 3.5-point underdogs in their SEC Tournament matchup against the No. 4 seed Arkansas Razorbacks (24-7, 13-5 SEC) on Friday at Amalie Arena, starting at 2:30 PM. The winner moves one step closer to the conference championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Arkansas is 19-12-0 against the spread this season compared to LSU’s 19-14-0 ATS record. In terms of going over the point total, games involving the Razorbacks are 18-13-0 and the Tigers are 14-19-0. The two teams combine to score 150.6 points per game, 9.1 more points than this matchup’s total. In the past 10 contests, Arkansas has an 8-2-0 record against the spread while going 8-2 overall. LSU has gone 5-5-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall in its last 10 matches.
Ahead of this matchup in SEC play, here is what you need to get ready for Friday’s college basketball action.
LSU at Arkansas odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Arkansas -3.5
- Total: 141.5
- Moneyline: Arkansas -156, LSU +132
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LSU at Arkansas odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Arkansas 71, LSU 70
Moneyline
- The Razorbacks have won 22 of the 26 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (84.6%).
- Arkansas is 19-2 (winning 90.5% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline favorite of -156 or shorter.
- The implied moneyline probability in this matchup gives the Razorbacks a 60.9% chance to win.
- This season, the Tigers have been the underdog six times and won one of those games.
- LSU has a record of 1-5 when set as an underdog of +132 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 43.1% chance of a victory for the Tigers.
Against the spread
- The Razorbacks score 14.2 more points per game (77.3) than the Tigers give up (63.1).
- Arkansas is 17-12 against the spread and 22-7 overall when scoring more than 63.1 points.
- LSU is 19-12 against the spread and 21-10 overall when giving up fewer than 77.3 points.
- The Tigers’ 73.3 points per game are 5.1 more points than the 68.2 the Razorbacks allow to opponents.
- When it scores more than 68.2 points, LSU is 14-5 against the spread and 16-3 overall.
- Arkansas is 15-5 against the spread and 19-1 overall when it allows fewer than 73.3 points.
- The Razorbacks have totaled 283 more points than their opponents this season (9.1 per game on average), and the Tigers have scored 328 more points than their opponents (10.2 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Razorbacks have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Friday’s game (73).
- So far this season, Arkansas has totaled more than 73 points in a game 23 times.
- The 75.4-point average implied total on the season for the Tigers is 6.4 more points than the team’s 69-point implied total in this matchup.
- So far this season, LSU has scored more than 69 points 21 times.
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