The 15-seed Princeton Tigers (21-8) face the 2-seed Arizona Wildcats (28-6) in a first round South Region game in the NCAA Tournament. Tip-off from Golden 1 Center in Sacramento is scheduled for approximately 4:10 p.m. ET (TNT). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Princeton vs. Arizona odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Princeton enters the tournament on a 4-game win streak, and has won 7 of its last 9 games with a 7-2 against the spread (ATS) mark, while cashing the Over in 9 of the last 11 contests.
Princeton won and covered in each of its Ivy League Tournament games, while hitting the Over in both outings. And while it matched up well against Penn and Yale, facing Arizona is a whole different animal.
The 3 main forwards for the Tigers – Tosan Evbuomwan, Keeshawn Kellman, and Caden Pierce – are listed at 6-foot-9 or less. The Wildcats have both Azuolas Tubelis (6-foot-11) and Oumar Ballo (7-foot-0) clogging up the middle.