Dec. 16, 2025, 3:06 p.m. ET
The Queens Royals (5-6) and No. 14 Arkansas Razorbacks (8-2) meet Tuesday at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Tip-off is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (SEC Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NCAA basketball odds around the Queens vs. Arkansas odds and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions for the best bets.
This is the first meeting between Queens and Arkansas on the college hardwood. It’s a tune-up for Arkansas, as it has a ranked battle at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., against No. 8 Houston Saturday.
Queens was hammered 111-73 at Wake Forest Sunday. It failed to cover as an 18-point underdog and the Over (164.5) cashed. G Chris Ashby led the team with 15 points, while F Avontae Parker was a perfect 6-of-6 from the floor to finish with 14 points.
Queens has lost all 5 true road games, including 3 losses to power-conference teams Villanova, Virginia and Wake Forest. The Royals are 1-4 against the spread (ATS) on the road, while the Over is 5-0 in those games. The Over has cashed 6 in a row and 8 of the past 9 games.
Arkansas topped No. 19 Texas Tech on Saturday as a 2.5-point underdog at American Airlines Center in Dallas, as F Trevon Brazile had 24 points and 10 rebounds. G Darius Acuff and F Karter Knox each had 20 points, too. The Razorbacks have won 3 straight games, while covering in 5 consecutive outings. The Over and Under have alternated in each of the past 6 outings.
– Rankings: USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
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Moneyline (ML): Queens +2200 (bet $100 to win $2,200) | Arkansas -10000 (bet $10,000 to win $100)Against the spread: Queens +24.5 (-115) | Arkansas -24.5 (-105)Over/Under (O/U): 170.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)Queens at Arkansas picks and predictionsPrediction
Arkansas 98, Queens 75
PASS.
Arkansas (-10000) will cost you 100 times your potential return. Nobody needs $1 that badly.
QUEENS +24.5 (-115) is worth playing lightly, although it’s certainly possible this one gets away from the Royals like last time out at Wake, so be careful.
Still, Arkansas could be caught looking a bit ahead to a much more attractive matchup with Houston over the weekend.
OVER 170.5 (-110) is the lean, but roll with a half-unit play at best.
You simply do not take Unders in games involving Queens. This ASUN team is a favorite of mine for totals, and it’s not the first season the Royals have been a play for totals. In the 2023-24 season, the Royals hit the Over at a 19-6 clip in the first 25 games before the sportsbooks figured it out, and right-sized their totals.
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