{"id":335017,"date":"2025-03-20T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=335017"},"modified":"2025-03-20T10:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:45:09","slug":"arkansas-vs-kansas-sgp-predictiions-march-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/arkansas-vs-kansas-sgp-predictiions-march-20-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas vs. Kansas first-round SGP predictions: Back Razorbacks ATS, Zeke Mayo from deep at +325"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A big-time coaching battle unfolds in the first round when John Calipari and the No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks battle Bill Self and the No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Calipari snuck into the dance in his first year with Arkansas and I think his team is poised to author an upset. Just to be safe, take the Razorbacks to cover an alt spread in this +325 parlay featuring a prop bet on Zeke Mayo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Arkansas vs. Kansas SGP predictions for their first-round matchup on March 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arkansas vs. Kansas predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/ncaab\"><strong>Full March Madness Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/march\"><strong>PLAY NOW: Un-Bustable Bracket Challenge<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parlay: Arkansas +7.5 | Under 149.5 points | Mayo 2+ threes (+325)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:111439\">Embed: #111439<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Arkansas +7.5<\/strong> (-165):<\/strong> Arkansas may be the lower seed \u2014 and the underdog \u2014 but I would argue it&#8217;s in better form than Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Razorbacks are 9-6 in their last 15 games, covering a +7.5 spread 13 times. That includes wins over Kentucky, Missouri and Mississippi State, as well as a four-point loss to Alabama.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Jayhawks are 8-7 in their last 15 games, covering a -7.5 spread just three times. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kansas has lost six of its last seven Quad 1 games outright, beating the Arizona Wildcats by seven points in the outlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arkansas, meanwhile, has covered a +7.5 spread in six of its last seven Quad 1 games (3-4 record).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NCAA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong>Under 149.5 points<\/strong><\/strong> (-175):<\/strong> I expect this to be a rock fight, which will hopefully work in Arkansas&#8217; favour for covering and potentially winning this outright. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out how each team stacks up defensively, with stats provided by KenPom: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Arkansas:<\/strong> 18th in defensive efficiency, 60th in opponent eFG%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kansas:<\/strong> 11th in defensive efficiency, 15th in opponent eFG%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unders are 18-9 in games where Kansas is favoured and 10-1 in its non-conference games, according to Team Rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Mayo 2+ threes<\/strong> (-278):<\/strong> This leg doubles our parlays value from +163 to +325 thanks to some negative correlation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I love to see that, considering Mayo has blown by this mark in three straight games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>March 13 vs. Arizona: 5-for-12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 12 vs. UCF: 5-for-7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 8 vs. Arizona: 5-for-7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The San Diego State transfer has averaged at least 2.6 threes per game in each of the last three seasons and is a career 39.5% shooter from beyond the arc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayo paces all Jayhawks in 3-point attempts (6.2\/game) by a wide margin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Arkansas vs. Kansas predictions made at 9:45 a.m. on 03\/20\/25<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big-time coaching battle unfolds in the first round when John Calipari and the No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks battle Bill Self and the No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks. The pregame narrative: Calipari snuck into the dance in his first year with Arkansas and I think his team is poised to author an upset. Just to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":335026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-335017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arkansas vs. Kansas predictions: First-round SGP | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Arkansas vs. Kansas predictions. 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