{"id":21026,"date":"2012-01-13T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T03:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21026"},"modified":"2012-01-13T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T20:48:12","slug":"ncaa-basketball-odds-kentucky-wildcats-vs-tennessee-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-odds-kentucky-wildcats-vs-tennessee-volunteers-21026\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Odds: Kentucky Wildcats vs. Tennessee Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats at Tennessee Volunteers
\nSaturday, 1\/14\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kentucky -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kentucky -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 135
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 135
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kentucky Wildcats have all five starters averaging in double figures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kentucky travels to Knoxville, TN, and closes out its modest two-game road swing after picking up a 68-53 win over the Auburn Tigers on Wednesday night.\u00a0 The Wildcats are still trying to learn how to play away from Rupp Arena, as this contest will be just their third true road game.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re all going to be like this,\u201d commented Wildcats head coach John Calipari.\u00a0 \u201cI might as well accept that.\u201d\u00a0 The program has won eight games in a row and has all five starters average double-digit points.\u00a0 Kentucky is 0-6 ATS on Saturdays.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are led offensively by forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, as he averages 13.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He will get plenty of help from his teammates, including freshman center Anthony Davis, who has tallied a double-double in five of his past six games.\u00a0 Kentucky leads the Southeastern Conference in nine different categories, including outscoring opponents by 21.4 points per game.\u00a0 In the squad\u2019s first 17 games this season, the team has been led in scoring by six different players.<\/p>\n

Tennessee has faced a second-ranked Kentucky side 19 times previous, posting a 6-13 record in those contests.\u00a0 The Volunteers have won 66 conference games since the start of the 2005-06 season, which is more than any other SEC team.\u00a0 Since the start of the new calendar year, the program has alternated wins and losses in its four games, coming off a 62-58 defeat to the Mississippi State Bulldogs as seven-point road underdogs.\u00a0 Tennessee is 3-1-1 ATS in its last five games overall.<\/p>\n

The Volunteers are riding a five-game home win streak inside Thompson-Boling Arena, currently ranked eighth nationally in average home attendance at 16,080 fans a game.\u00a0 Tennessee\u2019s schedule during the month of January is definitely grueling, as it featurs five games against current AP top-20 teams.\u00a0 Sophomore guard Trae Golden will need to play a terrific game on the offensive end, coming in averaging 14.9 points per game.\u00a0 \u201cKentucky is a great team, a team that we have to be ready to play and be ready to face,\u201d stated Golden this week.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to their 8-1 ATS mark in the last nine meetings, while the Volunteers are 3-10 ATS versus teams with a winning record.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats at Tennessee Volunteers Saturday, 1\/14\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kentucky -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kentucky -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 135 Current Total:\u00a0 135 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kentucky travels to Knoxville, TN, and closes out its modest two-game road swing after picking up a 68-53 win over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[876,6349,739,3875,469,6348,5802],"class_list":["post-21026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-michael-kidd-gilchrist","tag-sec","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-thompson-boling-arena","tag-trae-golden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21028,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21026\/revisions\/21028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}