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Boilermakers Underdogs to Wildcats – Opening Purdue vs Arizona Odds for Elite Eight

Sascha Paruk

By Sascha Paruk in College Basketball

Updated: March 27, 2026 at 12:33 am EDT

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Purdue Boilermakers players celebrate a win over Texas
Mar 26, 2026; San Jose, CA, USA; Purdue Boilermakers forward Trey Kaufman-Renn (4) is congratulated by his teammates after make the game winning shot against the Texas Longhorns during a Sweet Sixteen game of the West Regional of the men's 2026 NCAA Tournament at SAP Center. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images
  • The #1 Arizona Wildcats and #2 Purdue Boilermakers will meet in the Elite Eight
  • The Wildcats have won 12 straight games, while Purdue rides a seven game win streak
  • See the opening Arizona vs Purdue odds (spread, total, moneyline) for March 28

It’s all chalk in the West Region heading into the Elite Eight, where the #1 Arizona Wildcats (35-2, 22-14-1 ATS) will meet the #2 Purdue Boilermakers (29-8, 17-21 ATS). Arizona and Purdue will meet on Saturday, March 28th, at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA.

The Wildcats, who own the nation’s second-longest win streak (12 games), have opened as sizable favorites.

Opening Arizona vs Purdue Odds

Bet TypeARIPUR
Spread-5.5 (-110)+5.5 (-110)
Moneyline-223+203
TotalO 150.5 (-110)U 150.5 (-110)

The Arizona/Purdue moneyline has opened with Tommy Lloyd’s team as a -223 favorite and the Boilermakers as +203 underdogs. The spread and moneyline have yet to open.

The moneyline odds come from prediction site Kalshi, where Arizona is priced at 69 to reach the Final Four (equal to a -223 moneyline) and PUrdue at 33 (equal to a +203 monyeline).

Against the spread

The table above will be updated with the spread and total are released.

Odds as of March 27th at Kalshi. See which prediction markets are available in your region.

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Arizona is currently the outright favorite in the March Madness championship odds, priced at +255 at DraftKings. Purdue is a +1200 bet, fifth-best of the remaining teams.

The table below compares the most-significant teams stats for the Boilermakers and Wildcats this season.

Arizona vs Purdue H2H Team Stats

ArizonaStatPurdue
34-2Record29-8
2ndKenPom Rank8th
86.1PPG81.0
68.4Opp PPG69.1
50.0%FG%50.4%
36.4%3P%38.6%
73.0%FT%75.0%
40.2RPG32.3
11.8ORPG9.8
16.7APG19.6
10.5TOPG8.6
7.5SPG5.4
4.4BPG2.8
16.33PA/G23.9
26.6FTA/G16.7
41.9Paint PPG32.8

The stats in the table include all of the regular season, conference tournaments, and NCAA Tournament games (excluding the Sweet 16).

Purdue’s path to the Elite Eight was a relative cupcake, with wins over #15 Queens (104-71), #7 Miami (79-69), and #11 Texas (79-77).

Arizona throttled #16 LIU (92-58), #9 Utah State (78-66), and #4 Arkansas (TBD).

Bookmark SBD’s college basketball odds page to see how the line moves in the coming hours and days.

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Sascha Paruk
Sascha Paruk

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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.

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