Missouri Tigers vs Oklahoma Sooners: Don Best NCAAB March Madness Odds for 3/20/2021

A first-round NCAA Tournament matchup will see the 9-seed Missouri Tigers (16-9) play as a 1-point favorite against the No. 8 seed Oklahoma Sooners (15-10) on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium. The contest starts at 7:25 PM ET on TNT. Here's what you need to know about this 8-9 matchup before filling out your brackets.

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ATS Records for Missouri and Oklahoma

Missouri Leaders

• Dru Smith leads the Tigers in scoring (14.1 per game) and assisting (3.9 per game).
• Jeremiah Tilmon paces the team with 7.0 rebounds per game.
• Xavier Pinson hits 1.7 three-pointers per game, the top mark for the Tigers.
• Missouri's blocks leader is Tilmon, who records 1.4 per game. Smith leads the team averaging 2.0 steals a contest.

Oklahoma Leaders

• Austin Reaves has shown out this season to lead the Sooners in points (17.7 per game), rebounds (5.7 per game), and assists (4.7 per game).
• Umoja Gibson knocks down a team-high 2.2 three-pointers per game for the Sooners.
• Elijah Harkless is the steals leader for Oklahoma with 2.0 steals per game and Kur Kuath leads the squad in blocks with 1.4 per game.

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Points Insights

• The 73.6 points per game the Tigers score are just 4.4 more points than the Sooners allow (69.2).
• Missouri has a 12-4 record overall and a 10-0 record against the spread when putting up more than 69.2 points.
• When Oklahoma gives up more than 73.6 points, it is 3-3 against the spread and 3-4 overall.
• The Sooners score an average of 74.8 points per game, only 2.9 more points than the 71.9 the Tigers allow.
• When it scores more than 71.9 points, Oklahoma is 10-0-1 against the spread and 13-3 overall.
• Missouri is 3-6 against the spread and 4-6 overall when it allows more than 74.8 points.
• The Tigers have scored a total of 43 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 1.7 per game), and the Sooners have out-scored opponents by 138 points on the season (5.6 more per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Tigers and the Sooners are evenly matched on the glass this season, with the teams averaging similar numbers (34.2 and 35.3 boards per game, respectively).
• When Oklahoma earns the rebounding advantage they are 8-3-1 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Missouri is 4-7.
• The Tigers and the Sooners grab offensive rebounds at the same rate (9.4 offensive rebounds per game).
• The Tigers record an average rebounding margin of +0.9 rebounds per contest, and the Sooners average a stale mate on the boards posting the same rebounding average as they allow.