Sweet Sixteen Best Bets for Thursday’s College Basketball Matchups

• The four best bets for Thursday’s Sweet Sixteen matchups start with Alabama covering the 5.5-point spread against BYU in an expected high-scoring affair.
• Take Maryland to cover the 6.0-point spread against top-seeded Florida behind their strong frontcourt advantage.
• Close out Thursday night with Duke -9 (-110) against Arizona and Arkansas +5 against Texas Tech.

NEWARK – March Madness betting returns on Thursday with our four best bets for Sweet Sixteen action. Take the Alabama Crimson Tide to cover the 5.5-point legal Alabama sports betting spread against BYU in the first game of the night.

• Alabama -5.5 (-105) Vs BYU
• Maryland +6 (-110) Vs Florida
• Duke -9 (-110) Vs Arizona
• Arkansas +5 (-105) Vs Texas Tech

There will be plenty of bets on the over in this one thanks to both teams offering high-scoring offenses, but Alabama has the edge when it comes to interior scoring. BYU’s Keba Keita is talented but the tallest player on their roster is 6-foot-nine, while Alabama has two dominant big men in Grant Nelson and Clifford Omoruyi that are both 6-foot-11.

Plus the Cougars surrender 35% from three-point range, so Alabama can beat them from outside and inside. Take the Tide to cover the legal sports betting at -110 odds.

Maryland is a 6.0-point underdog against Florida but their frontcourt of Derik Queen and Julian Reese will be the key to covering the spread on Thursday night. Florida’s frontcourt was outscored 51-18 by UConn and now will be tested with Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Julian Reese, who averaged 13.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game with 54 blocks this season.

Bet Duke -9, Arkansas +5 To Close Thursday Night Games

Duke vs Arizona is the next game up with the Blue Devils favored at legal college basketball betting sites by 9.0 points on the spread. Duke covered in 10 of their last 12 games, but Cooper Flagg was injured in both games that they failed to cover.

The Blue Devils also beat Arizona by 14 points in a true road game back in November. Back the best team in the country to handle business on Thursday night.

Thursday’s Sweet Sixteen action comes to a close with the Arkansas Razorbacks listed as 5.0-point underdogs against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. We’re rolling with the red-hot Razorbacks to cover at Arkansas sportsbooks with -105 odds.

Arkansas covered the spread in both tournament games thus far and are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games. They keep getting healthier with Boogie Fland’s return from injury and now coach Calipari confirmed that Adou Thiero is available for Thursday’s game, giving them a great shot of even winning outright at +185 odds.

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