{"id":14021,"date":"2011-03-10T10:55:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14021"},"modified":"2011-03-10T10:55:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T15:55:27","slug":"sec-round-1-arkansas-razorbacks-vs-tennesee-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sec-round-1-arkansas-razorbacks-vs-tennesee-volunteers-14021\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Round 1: Arkansas Razorbacks Vs. Tennesee Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arkansas Razorbacks vs Tennesee Volunteers<\/strong>
\nMar 10, 2011 at 7:30 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Tenn -5.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Tenn -6<\/strong>
\nOpening Total: 132.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 133<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Tenn -245 \/ Ark +205<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Tenn -260 \/ Ark +220<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tennesee is a 6 point favorite over Arkansas in SEC play<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This matchup of the SEC Round 1 promises to be a good one.\u00a0 Arkansas (18-12) is 7-9 in SEC play, good for 3rd in the SEC-West, while Tennessee (18-13) is 8-8 in the SEC-East.<\/p>\n

Both teams have nearly identical records, and actually have nearly identical point differentials.\u00a0 Arkansas is at +4.3, scoring 70.8 a game and giving up only 66.5.\u00a0 Tennesee scores 70.4 a game and gives up 66.7.\u00a0 Given the teams’ strong defense, it’s easy to see why the total is set below the combinative total of their offensive outputs.<\/p>\n

Arkansas has won 4 of their last 7 games, with victories coming against LSU, FAMU, #15 ranked Kentucky, and Auburn, and losses coming against\u00a0 Alabama, Mississippi State, and Mississippi.\u00a0 They have lost both of their last games (Mississippi State and Mississippi) by ten points, as their defense failed them, giving up in excess of 80 points in both games.<\/p>\n

Tennessee has lost 6 of their past 9, but 3 of those 6 losses were against ranked teams and they did defeat then-ranked #18 Vanderbilt, showing the potential of the Volunteers.\u00a0 Scotty Hopson and Melvin Goins combined for 34 of Tennesse’s 60 points, and they surrendered only 51 points.\u00a0 Their success entirely hinges on their tough defense.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Tennessee is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games and they are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tennessee’s last 6 games and the total has gone UNDER in 11 of their last 15 games.\u00a0 Tennessee is 9-4 SU in their last 13 games against Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Arkansas is led by 6’0″ junior guard Rotnei Clarke.\u00a0 Clarke scores 13.8 points per game while shooting a blistering 44% from distance (73 of 166).\u00a0 He’s hit 4 threes or more 10 times, and Arkansas is 8-2 in those 10 games.\u00a0 Over the last three games, Clarke is averaging 20 a game, and has done so without attempting a lot of field goals.\u00a0 He shot 11 free throws against Alabama, and if he plays his game he might be able to get Terrence Jones in foul trouble.\u00a0 6’9″ senior big man Delvon Johnson makes a difference for Arkansas, as well.\u00a0 He averages 9.7 points per game and leads the team in rebounding with 7.4 boards per game. He’s had 4 double doubles and Arkansas is a perfect 4-0 in those four games.\u00a0 His best game came against Troy on December 4th, when he went for 20 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks.<\/p>\n

Tennessee is led by 6’7″ junior forward Scotty Hopson.\u00a0 Hopson averages a team leading 17.7 points per game and shoots 38.3% from three (51 of 133).\u00a0\u00a0 He has scored in double figures in all but two Volunteer games, both of which Tennesee lost.\u00a0 Over his last 7 games he is averaging 19 points per game and recently had a 32 point game in a 69-63 loss to Georgia.\u00a0 6’8″ freshman Tobias Harris also makes a big difference for Tennessee.\u00a0 His average of 14.7 points per is second highest on the Volunteers and he is tied for the best rebounding average (with Brian Williams).\u00a0 He has recorded 7 double doubles this year and is averaging 19.6 points per game over the last 3 games.\u00a0 If he and Hopson can both get going this one won’t be close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arkansas Razorbacks vs Tennesee Volunteers Mar 10, 2011 at 7:30 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 Tenn -5.5 Current Line:\u00a0 Tenn -6 Opening Total: 132.5 Current Total:\u00a0 133 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Tenn -245 \/ Ark +205 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Tenn -260 \/ Ark +220 This matchup of the SEC Round 1 promises to be a good one.\u00a0 Arkansas (18-12) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2448,4635],"class_list":["post-14021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-tennesee-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14022,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14021\/revisions\/14022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}