{"id":21388,"date":"2012-01-31T11:08:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T16:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21388"},"modified":"2012-01-31T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T16:08:40","slug":"sec-basketball-predictions-tennessee-volunteers-vs-kentucky-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sec-basketball-predictions-tennessee-volunteers-vs-kentucky-wildcats-21388\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Basketball Predictions: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Kentucky Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Volunteers at No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats
\nTuesday, 1\/31\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kentucky -16.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kentucky -16.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 132
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 132
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kentucky Wildcats have won 47 consecutive home games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tennessee has alternated wins and losses over its past four games, coming off a 64-49 win over the Auburn Tigers as 8.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Volunteers have gone \u201cunder\u201d the posted total in eight consecutive games entering tonight\u2019s Southeastern Conference affair.\u00a0 The program owns a 4-11 record against the top-ranked team in the AP poll, which includes a 4-2 mark in its last six opportunities.\u00a0 Tennessee is 6-5 ATS as an underdog this year and the \u201cunder\u201d is 10-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Volunteers have three starters that currently average double figures in scoring, with sophomore guard Trae Golden leading the way in scoring 13.1 points a game.\u00a0 Tennessee has dropped the last five meetings in this series inside Rupp Arena, losing those contests by an average of 13.4 points a game.\u00a0 Defensively, the program ranks second in the SEC in allowing opponents to shoot just 38.1 percent from the floor, while ranking third in allowing 59.0 points per game.<\/p>\n

Kentucky won its 13th consecutive game with a 74-50 win over the LSU Tigers as 10-point road favorites, improving the team to 3-1 ATS over its last four games.\u00a0 The Wildcats are hoping that Terrence Jones can build upon his latest effort, scoring a season-high 27 points, which is more reminiscent of his freshman season than his second year within the program.\u00a0 He is averaging 12.4 points a game, which is 3.3 fewer than his first year average in Lexington.\u00a0 Kentucky is 3-9 ATS at home this season and the \u201cover\u201d is 6-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have five players averaging in double-figures and are led by Doron Lamb\u2019s 13.5 points per game average.\u00a0 Kentucky currently owns the nation\u2019s longest home-winning streak at 47 games, with 46 of those wins happening at tonight\u2019s venue.\u00a0 The program is a dominating 64-2 when playing in front of the home fans as the nation\u2019s top-ranked team, while head coach John Calipari is 46-7 when leading the No. 1 team during his career.\u00a0 The Wildcats lead the SEC in eight different categories, which includes outscoring opponents by 19.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to their 6-0 ATS mark at home in this series, while the Volunteers are 1-4 ATS as a road underdog.<\/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":"

Tennessee Volunteers at No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats Tuesday, 1\/31\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPNU Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kentucky -16.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kentucky -16.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 132 Current Total:\u00a0 132 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Tennessee has alternated wins and losses over its past four games, coming off a 64-49 win over the Auburn Tigers as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5661,876,4116,739,469,3897,5802],"class_list":["post-21388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-doron-lamb","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-rupp-arena","tag-sec","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-terrence-jones","tag-trae-golden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21388","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=21388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21389,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21388\/revisions\/21389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}