{"id":21622,"date":"2012-02-11T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21622"},"modified":"2012-02-10T23:03:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T04:03:16","slug":"kentucky-vs-vanderbilt-southeastern-conference-rivals-face-off-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/kentucky-vs-vanderbilt-southeastern-conference-rivals-face-off-saturday-night-21622\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt: Southeastern Conference Rivals Face Off Saturday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores
\nSaturday, 2\/11\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kentucky -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kentucky -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 138
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 138
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Vanderbilt Commodores have won their last four home games against the top-ranked team in the country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kentucky continued its season-best 16-game win streak with an impressive 78-58 win over the Florida Gators as nine-point home favorites, while going \u201cunder\u201d the total for the fourth time in five games.\u00a0 The Wildcats are just 3-7 in their last 10 trips inside Memorial Gymnasium, as the venue will host ESPN College Game Day on Saturday.\u00a0 Four players are averaging in double-figures this season, with freshman center Anthony Davis leading the way in scoring 14.0 points per game.\u00a0 Kentucky is 2-3 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have been absolutely brilliant over the past five games, averaging 49.6 points per game.\u00a0 Kentucky has won five-straight road games for the first time since the 2005 campaign.\u00a0 The program has started off Southeastern Conference action with a 10-0 record for the 13th time, while posting a 161-25 all-time mark when playing as the top-ranked team in the country.\u00a0 The Wildcats are currently holding their opponents to 35.8 percent from the field, which is the lowest in the country.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt is 7-14 all-time against top-ranked teams in the country and 6-6 in such games played in Nashville.\u00a0 The Commodores have won their last four games versus such opponents at home.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to win this one,\u201d commented Commodores junior guard John Jenkins.\u00a0 He is currently the leading scorer in all games among SEC players at 19.7 points per game.\u00a0 The Hendersonville, TN, native has scored in double-digits in 57 consecutive games.\u00a0 Vanderbilt is 4-7 ATS at home this year.<\/p>\n

The Commodores starting lineup has amassed 396 career starts between the five of them, sporting three players that have scored at least 1,000 points.\u00a0 Vanderbilt\u2019s bench has been outscored by its opponent by an average of 6.0 points per game this season.\u00a0 Despite the recent success against No. 1 teams, it\u2019s still important to note that the squad is 1-4 against ranked opponents this year.\u00a0 During the Kevin Stallings era, the program is 32-55 versus ranked foes.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Commodores due to the home team being 6-2 ATS in the last eight meetings, while the Wildcats are 10-14 ATS on the season.<\/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. 1 Kentucky Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores Saturday, 2\/11\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kentucky -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kentucky -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 138 Current Total:\u00a0 138 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kentucky continued its season-best 16-game win streak with an impressive 78-58 win over the Florida Gators as nine-point home favorites, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5659,6441,5760,876,6375,3875,456],"class_list":["post-21622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-anthony-davis","tag-espn-college-game-day","tag-john-jenkins","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-memorial-gymnasium","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-vanderbilt-commodores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21622","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=21622"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21624,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21622\/revisions\/21624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}