{"id":27733,"date":"2013-02-12T12:44:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27733"},"modified":"2013-02-12T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T17:44:09","slug":"college-basketball-picks-kentucky-wildcats-vs-florida-gators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-kentucky-wildcats-vs-florida-gators-27733\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Kentucky Wildcats vs. Florida Gators"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 25 Kentucky Wildcats at No. 7 Florida Gators
\nTuesday, 2\/12\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -10.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 134
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 134
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Florida Gators are 3-3 ATS as home favorites of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kentucky has won five games in a row, including a 72-62 victory over the Auburn Tigers as 17-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the total in two consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Wildcats are the only team in the country to have scored 70 or more points in eight of their last nine games.\u00a0 Six players are averaging double figures in scoring over the squad\u2019s current winning streak, while outscoring opponents by a 76.6 to 65.8 margin.\u00a0 Kentucky is 5-2 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NCAA basketball picks Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are 93-33 all-time against the Gators, including wins in five straight\u2014all three during the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 Kentucky has been getting tremendous play on the defensive end from Nerlens Noel, who was just named the Southeastern Conference\u2019s Freshman of the Week for a fourth-consecutive week.\u00a0 He ranks first nationally in averaging 4.5 blocks per game, while being the only player standing 6-5 or taller to rank in the top-30 in steals.<\/p>\n

Florida has failed to cover the spread in three consecutive contests, as it comes off an 83-58 victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs as 27.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the total in each contest during that span.\u00a0 The Gators have won 11 of their last 12 games and are 11-0 at the Stephen C. O\u2019Connell Center this season.\u00a0 The program is 3-1 versus ranked foes this year, including a perfect 3-0 mark at home.\u00a0 Florida is 3-3 ATS as a home favorite of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 5-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Gators are going to receive a good amount of action due to the number that\u2019s available on the college basketball odds page, as they lead the country in point differential, outscoring opponents by an average of 21.5 points per game.\u00a0 Florida is allowing just 52.7 points per game, while holding eight teams to 20 or fewer points in the first half.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 4-1 in the Gators last five home games.<\/p>\n

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No. 25 Kentucky Wildcats at No. 7 Florida Gators Tuesday, 2\/12\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -10.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 134 Current Total:\u00a0 134 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kentucky has won five games in a row, including a 72-62 victory over the Auburn Tigers as 17-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":26004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[499,876,7334,3875,3885],"class_list":["post-27733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-florida-gators","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-nerlens-noel","tag-southeastern-conference","tag-stephen-c-oconnell-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27733","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=27733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27734,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27733\/revisions\/27734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}