{"id":26434,"date":"2012-11-29T12:49:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T17:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26434"},"modified":"2012-11-29T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T17:49:13","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-kentucky-wildcats-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-kentucky-wildcats-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish-26434\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Kentucky Wildcats vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
\nThursday, 11\/29\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 134
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 132.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have one of the biggest home court advantages in college basketball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kentucky hits the road after winning all three games on a recent homestand, as it prepares to play in the SEC\/Big East Challenge.\u00a0 The Wildcats are 42-18 all-time against the Fighting Irish, which includes wins in 11 of the past 12 meetings.\u00a0 The program is expected to welcome back point guard Ryan Harrow, who has missed the last four games.\u00a0 Kentucky is 3-1 ATS as an underdog over the past two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats were the only BCS level school not to return a single player with at least one start from a season ago, but head coach John Calipari has compiled 106 wins during his time with the program.\u00a0 He has gone 52-22 when matching up with Big East Conference opponents during his career, while the school is 172-73 all-time in that situation overall.\u00a0 Over the last three games, Kentucky has shot a blistering 62 percent from the field, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college basketball picks against the spread on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame has lost five of seven meetings with Kentucky inside the Purcell Pavilion, but the program has compiled a perfect 45-0 record at home in the month of November under head coach Mike Brey.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish are hoping their experience shines through in this high-profile affair, as they welcomed back five starters from last year.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s been a big thing that\u2019s helped us over the years is we\u2019ve stayed old,\u201d stated Brey this week.\u00a0 Notre Dame is 19-18 ATS as a favorite since 2010, with the OVER going 22-11 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Irish have won 23 straight non-conference home games and are 64-1 in that particular situation in their last 65 opportunities.\u00a0 Notre Dame has three probable starters averaging in double figures, with senior forward Jack Cooley leading the way, scoring 14.3 points and grabbing 11.3 rebounds per game.\u00a0 The program is 16-23 against ranked teams in the top 10 during the Brey era, including an 11-6 mark at home.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this contest, with the OVER going 8-3 in the Fighting Irish\u2019 last 11 home games.<\/p>\n

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No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats at Notre Dame Fighting Irish Thursday, 11\/29\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 134 Current Total:\u00a0 132.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kentucky hits the road after winning all three games on a recent homestand, as it prepares to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,6458,756,876,5806,1311,739],"class_list":["post-26434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-jack-cooley","tag-john-calipari","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-mike-brey","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-sec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26434","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=26434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26435,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26434\/revisions\/26435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}