The second round of the NCAA Tournament will conclude on Sunday night with a meeting between the TCU Horned Frogs and Arizona Wildcats. Here, the Wildcats will look to avoid an upset against a team that put on one of the most surprising performances of the first round, with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line. In today’s March Madness betting picks, we examine TCU vs Arizona from San Diego.
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TCU vs Arizona Betting Pick
This game will be played at Viejas Arena at 9:40 PM ET on Sunday, March 20, 2022.
Why Bet On Arizona:
✅ TCU took advantage of a disastrous offensive performance from Seton Hall in the first round of the tournament. The Pirates shot under 30% from the field in that game and, while TCU was partially responsible for that, Arizona is not going to have the same offensive woes in this game and should hold serve in front of a partisan crowd.
✅ Arizona is still waiting to benefit from the return of Kerr Kriisa, who is said to be returning at some point during this tournament. Even without him, the Wildcats got whatever they wanted offensively against Wright State and will likely be able to get rolling on the offensive end here against a TCU defense not as good as they looked a couple of days ago.
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✅ TCU dominated the glass against Seton Hall on Friday, going +13 in the rebounding department against the Pirates. But they will not have the same rebounding advantage against an Arizona team with arguably the best group of bigs in college basketball, which will propel the Wildcats to the cover.
TCU Horned Frogs
The TCU Horned Frogs had one of the most surprising performances of the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The result of their game was not the surprise, as their game against Seton Hall was close to a pick ‘em. Instead, the surprise was how much they beat Seton Hall by, beating the Pirates by 27 points.
Against Seton Hall, the Horned Frogs were brilliant on defense and on the glass. However, that is going to be a challenge to do again when they face Arizona here. TCU will need to work hard to make up for the physical disadvantage they face on the interior and on the glass in this contest.
Arizona Wildcats
The Arizona Wildcats had an easy first round win over the Wright State Raiders on Friday, failing to cover the number but winning comfortably by double digits nonetheless. Arizona shot 55% from the field and from three-point range, which made things easy for them for the duration. Here, the Wildcats will look for another strong shooting performance and an easy trip to the Sweet 16.
Arizona is going to need to limit its turnovers in this game to avoid things getting too close for comfort against the Horned Frogs. The Wildcats turned the ball over 19 times against Wright State, which did not hurt them given the huge gap in talent between those two teams. Against TCU, though, another game with close to 20 turnovers could be costly.