Arkansas vs Arizona Prop Picks & Best Bets: March Madness Sweet 16

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The Arkansas Razorbacks are about to play one of the most dangerous games in college basketball.

They are going to try to outrun and out-athlete the Arizona Wildcats. It is not exactly a recipe for success.

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My Arkansas vs. Arizona player props trust exactly one Razorback, though there is nothing wrong with leaning into a superstar in the Sweet Sixteen.

Read more in my March Madness picks for Thursday, March 26. 

Arkansas vs Arizona props

Player

Pick

Darius Acuff Jr.

Over 25.5 points

+100

Darius Acuff Jr.

Over 2.5 threes

-135

Brayden Burries

Over 18.5 points

+105

Prop #1: Darius Acuff Jr. Over 25.5 points

+100 at bet365

Does Arkansas have any other hope? The Razorbacks are more comparable to 11-seed Texas than they are to 1-seed Arizona.

Arkansas does not shoot many 3-pointers. It is not strong at crashing the offensive glass. It is a team built on pace, transition, and athletes.

Arizona is built similarly — only better.

Freshman point guard Darius Acuff Jr. has cleared this prop in four of his last six games, with all of those successes coming against NCAA Tournament teams.

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Prop #2: Darius Acuff Jr. Over 2.5 threes

-135 at bet365

Acuff is the one Razorback who can shoot from deep. Of players who qualified statistically, he ranks No. 23 nationally in 3-point percentage at 44.6% while taking nearly 5.8 per game.

And Acuff has been on a heater in March. In six games this month, he has cleared this prop four times while shooting 51.2% from beyond the arc.

His usage has climbed as the games have mattered the most. Acuff has taken 6.8 threes per game in March, compared to 5.6 in the first 29 games of the season.

That uptick alone justifies this prop, even before factoring in how high-scoring this Sweet Sixteen matchup should be.

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Prop #3: Brayden Burries Over 18.5 points

+105 at bet365

One of Arkansas’s most worrying flaws is that opponents make 54.0% of their shots inside…

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