The No. 1 seed Arizona Wildcats (31-3) and the No. 16 seed Wright State Raiders (22-13) will meet in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 7:27 PM. Arizona is favored by 22.5 points in the matchup, which airs on truTV. Here’s everything you need to know about this 1-16 matchup when filling out your brackets.
Arizona has a 21-13-1 record against the spread so far this season compared to Wright State, who is 16-18-0 ATS. The Wildcats have a 21-14-0 record going over the point total, while games involving the Raiders have a record of 19-15-0 when it comes to hitting the over. The two teams score 160.6 points per game, 5.1 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the past 10 games, Arizona is 6-4-0 against the spread and 9-1 overall while Wright State has gone 6-4-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall.
To prepare for this college hoops showdown, here is what you need to prepare for Friday’s action.
Wright State at Arizona odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Arizona -22.5
- Total: 155.5
- Moneyline: Arizona -10000, Wright State +1767
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Wright State at Arizona odds, spread, & more
Moneyline
- The Wildcats have won 93.9% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (31-2).
- Arizona has played as a moneyline favorite of -10000 or shorter in just one game this season, which they won.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Wildcats’ implied win probability is 99.0%.
- The Raiders have entered the game as underdogs eight times this season and won three of those games.
- Wright State has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +1767 odds on them winning this game.
- The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 5.4% chance of a victory for the Raiders.
Against the spread
- The Wildcats put up 84.6 points per game, 13.2 more points than the 71.4 the Raiders give up.
- When Arizona totals more than 71.4 points, it is 18-9-1 against the spread and 27-1 overall.
- When Wright State allows fewer than 84.6 points, it is 12-13 against the spread and 18-8 overall.
- The Raiders average 8.5 more points per game (76) than the Wildcats allow (67.5).
- Wright State has put together a 12-12 ATS record and an 18-7 overall record in games it scores more than 67.5 points.
- Arizona has an ATS record of 15-7 and a 21-1 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 76 points.
- The Wildcats have totaled 579 more points than their opponents this season (17.1 per game on average), and the Raiders have scored 161 more points than their opponents (4.6 per game).
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Over/Under
- The average implied total for the Wildcats this season is 81.5 points, the same as their implied total for Friday’s game.
- This season, Arizona has put up more than 89 points in 13 games.
- The 76.4-point average implied total on the season for the Raiders is 9.4 more points than the team’s 67-point implied total in this matchup.
- So far this season, Wright State has put up more than 67 points in 29 games.
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How to watch Arizona vs. Wright State
- Game Day: Friday, March 18, 2022
- Game Time: 7:27 PM ET
- Live Stream: Hulu
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