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Clemson +257 over Arizona

crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA

Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - Sweet 16

Streaming: CBS

7:09 PM EST. On paper, this is a mid-range Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team against the best in the Pac-12 and a #1 seed in the NCAAs, but in practice, the Tigers of Clemson bring more bite than your usual #6 seed, as the ACC has produced thus far in this tournament with Duke, North Carolina, and N.C. State joining the Tigers in the Sweet 16. Clemson got here after whacking New Mexico 77-56 in the First Round and then disposing of a very good Baylor team in the Round of 32, 72-64.

The Tigers are a team that runs deep, which showed in their first two games, as Clemson had four double-digit scorers versus Baylor with Chase Hunter leading the way with 20 points (he had 21 versus New Mexico), Joseph Girard III scoring 13 while Ian Schieffelin and big man PJ Hall added 11 points. That was an “off” night for Hall, by the way, as he averaged 18½ points per game this season. While the Tigers play a defensive game that will grind a team down, they also bring the 25th-ranked offense to the table.

Clemson is ranked 257th in adjusted tempo, while the Wildcats of Arizona are 16th. Arizona beat both Long Beach State (85-65) and Dayton (78-68) by double digits, but the Wildcats also shot 37% from downtown versus Long Beach State and 44% versus Dayton and they still barely covered the -9 points they were favored over the Flyers. Arizona lives and dies by the three-point shot, and if they fall, they’ll likely cover this number, but if for one reason or another, the Wildcats' hot shooting goes cold, the Tigers are built to clean up those boards and make them pay. One could take back the inflated points being offered up here, but we’re going to go for the jugular of the Wildcats and take Clemson to win this game outright.

Sherwood

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