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#709 / Memorial Arena / Jacksonville, Florida

9:50pm ET - 6:50pm PT

Wofford Terriers vs Arkansas Razorbacks

2** Play on: WOFFORD TERRIERS plus the points

The same holds true for the TERRIERS of WOFFORD. They are one of those extremely dangerous #12 seeds. These teams have been money in the bank in the first round of the NCAA Tourney. These #12 seed teams went 3-1 SU and 3-0-1 ATS last season… and 3-1 SU and ATS two seasons ago.  The Terriers have remarkable similarities to Stephen F. Austin. WOFFORD is also a DOUBLE Champion (Southern Conference). In their last 50 games, they’ve gone 41-9 SU. Just like the Lumberjacks, they return FOUR starters from last year’s team that was also in the Big Dance. They have the tightest defense of ALL teams in this year’s Tourney… allowing a stingy 59.8 points per game. For teams that allow less than 60 ppg, we always want to grab the points in Round One action. The Terriers limit the opposition to 8.9 assists per game, good for seventh in the nation, and 0.424 assists per field goal made, which ranks sixth. They’re also battle-TESTED. Prior to breezing through the Southern Conference slate they played a gauntlet of a non-conference schedule, traveling to Stanford, NC State, West Virginia, and Duke. They’ll be taking on an Arkansas team that’s NOTORIOUS for a ‘one and DONE’. The Razorbacks have gone 1-6 SU and ATS in their last 7 NCAA Tourney games since 1999.  Arkansas just lost the SEC Conference Championship game versus Kentucky on Sunday. In the first round of the NCAA Tourney, SEC favorites of > 7 points who lost as a underdogs in their Conference Tournament Final (Arkansas) have gone 1-7 ATS.