College Basketball Picks: Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Missouri Tigers

The Missouri Tigers are 83-4 at Mizzou Arena since the start of the 2008-09 season, which is hard to ignore when making your college basketball picks Tuesday night, as they take on the Arkansas Razorbacks on ESPN.

Sports bettors will find that the Tigers are 10-point home favorites in the NCAA basketball odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total sits at 151.5 in the market.

Let's take a closer look at this SEC matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up an against-the-spread pick along the way.

Arkansas Razorbacks

The Arkansas Razorbacks snapped a two-game losing streak last time out, as they picked up a 73-60 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats as 2.5-point home favorites.

Over the last two-plus seasons, the Razorbacks are a dreadful 7-21 against the spread away from home, while the UNDER is 17-6 in that situation.

Missouri Tigers

The Missouri Tigers have won two games in a row, including an 89-76 victory over the LSU Tigers as 14-point home favorites last Saturday.

Sports bettors will find that the Tigers are 3-3 against the spread as home favorites of 9.5 to 12 points since the start of the 2010-11 season.

Prediction

I'm going to recommend that readers back the Missouri Tigers as one of their college basketball picks Tuesday night. The Arkansas Razorbacks are 0-6 against the spread in their last six conference games as road underdogs when surrendering 75 or more points.

College Basketball Pick: Missouri Tigers -10

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