Oklahoma vs Arkansas Prediction, Picks & Odds for Today's SEC Tournament Game

Douglas Farmer - Betting Analyst at Covers
Douglas Farmer • Betting Analyst 18+ years betting experience
Updated: Mar 13, 2026 , 04:15 PM ET • 4 min read

Farmer's prediction: Nijel Pack takes shot at NCAA Tournament berth.

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Match starts: 4 hrs
OKLA
51 %
ARK
49 %
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Nijel Pack o17.5  Points (-110) Nijel Pack o17.5 Points (-110)
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Nijel Pack Oklahoma Sooners college basketball
Photo By - Reuters Connect. Nijel Pack drives against South Carolina in the SEC Tournament.

The Oklahoma Sooners may be the first team out of the NCAA Tournament right now. Upsetting the Arkansas Razorbacks should change that.

My Oklahoma vs. Arkansas predictions stop short of suggesting that will happen, but these college basketball picks trust the Sooners’ best veteran on Friday, March 13.

Oklahoma vs Arkansas prediction

Oklahoma vs Arkansas best bet

Oklahoma vs Arkansas best bet: Nijel Pack Over 17.5 points (-110)

The only debate needed is whether to bet on Nijel Pack’s points prop or on the Over on his 3-pointers prop, set at Over 2.5 and juiced to -160.

Pack has cleared both of those numbers in three straight games, five of his last six and seven of his last nine. In the last nine games, the Oklahoma Sooners’ veteran guard has shot 53.0% from deep on 7.3 attempts per game. This is a heater to be trusted.

Against the third-fastest team in the SEC, the Arkansas Razorbacks, Pack should have a bounty of chances once again.

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Oklahoma vs Arkansas same-game parlay

It is not a coincidence that Oklahoma has gone 7-2 against the spread during Pack’s hot streak.

Oklahoma vs Arkansas SGP

  • Nijel Pack Over 17.5 points
  • Oklahoma +7
  • Over 167.5

Our beyond the arc SGP: Nijel Pack's Last Stand

On a six-game winning streak, Oklahoma has been an outright underdog in four of those, including two games in which Pack scored at least 18 points but did not hand out more than two assists.

Oklahoma vs Arkansas SGP

  • Nijel Pack Over 17.5 points
  • Nijel Pack Under 2.5 assists
  • Oklahoma moneyline

Oklahoma vs Arkansas odds

  • Spread: Oklahoma +7 | Arkansas -7
  • Moneyline: Oklahoma +245 | Arkansas -305
  • Over/Under: Over 167.5 | Under 167.5

Oklahoma vs Arkansas betting trend to know

With its NCAA Tournament chances on the line, Oklahoma has gone 6-0 both outright and against the spread in its last six games, four of those wins coming as an underdog. Find more college basketball betting trends for Oklahoma vs. Arkansas.

How to watch Oklahoma vs Arkansas

Location Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Date Friday, March 13, 2026
Tip-off 9:30 p.m. ET
TV SECN

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Douglas Farmer
Betting Analyst

Douglas Farmer spends his days thinking about college football and his nights thinking about the NBA. His betting habits and coverage follow that same pattern. He covered Notre Dame football for various outlets from 2008 to 2024, most notably spending eight seasons as NBC Sports’ beat writer on the Irish. That was also when his gambling focus took off. Knowing there were veteran beat writers with three decades more experience than he had, Douglas found his niche by best recognizing Notre Dame’s standing in each year’s national landscape, a complex tapestry most easily understood and remembered via betting odds.

In 2021, that interest created a freelance opportunity with Covers, a role that eventually led to Douglas joining the company full-time in 2023. In the fall, Douglas will place five or six dozen bets each week, a disproportionate amount via BetRivers because the operator tends to have lines slightly different than the rest of the market. The same can be said of Circa Sports’ futures markets.

While Douglas is an avid NBA fan and covers the league throughout the year, the vast majority of his bets are on college football, because that is the biggest key to sports betting: Know what you do not know.

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