The Arizona Wildcats are playing the North Dakota Fighting Hawks in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. The game is scheduled for a 9:50 p.m. start time and it will be televised nationally on TBS. The college basketball odds for the game have the Wildcats favored for a crushing victory over the Fighting Hawks.

College Basketball Odds
Arizona -17
Total: 147.5 points

Arizona is one of the seven or eight teams that can legitimately win the NCAA Tournament. While there will be 64 teams that start the Big Dance on Thursday afternoon with a shot, there’s really only a handful of schools capable of being able to get the job done. The Wildcats, with their athleticism, defense and four-game win streak are going to look the part here as they open with a convincing win over North Dakota.

The Fighting Hawks have pieced together four wins in a row, they’ve also earned victories in 10 of the last 11 games overall as well with some high scoring efforts. For the season North Dakota puts up better than 80 per game and they are led by Quinton Hooker’s 19.1 average. Both Geno Crandall and Corey Baldwin are double-digit guys as well and give the Fighting Hawks some options.

Arizona is loaded and with Allonzo Trier in the lineup they are going to be tough for anybody to beat. Big man Lauri Markkanen is one of the best at his position in the country as well and will look to pound the rock inside and get easy buckets on the interior.

Free Pick: Arizona

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