{"id":32872,"date":"2014-02-03T21:51:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T02:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32872"},"modified":"2014-02-03T21:51:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T02:51:22","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-mississippi-rebels-vs-kentucky-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-mississippi-rebels-vs-kentucky-wildcats-32872\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Mississippi Rebels vs. Kentucky Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mississippi Rebels vs. Kentucky Wildcats
\nTuesday, 2\/4\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kentucky -12.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kentucky -12.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Mississippi Rebels are 2-0 ATS as road underdogs of 12.5 or more points the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mississippi has won five of its last six games, including a 75-71 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks as 10.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Rebels are 26-9 SU over their last 35 games versus SEC opponents dating back to 2012, which is important to consider when making your NCAA basketball picks.\u00a0 The team has 142 blocked shots on the season\u2014ranking fourth in the country in averaging 6.8 rejections a contest.\u00a0 Mississippi is 2-0 ATS as road underdogs of 12.5 or more points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Rebels will need a huge performance from senior guard Marshall Henderson to pull off the upset, as he leads the Southeastern Conference and ranks second nationally in averaging 4.28 3-pointers per game.\u00a0 He leads the team in scoring 19.2 points a contest, but he\u2019s shooting just 36.6 percent from the floor.\u00a0 Junior guard Jarvis Summers is also a key player to watch\u2014shooting 54.7 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 The program is 4-5 SU against top-100 RPI teams this season.<\/p>\n

Kentucky has won four of its last five games, including a 84-79 victory over the Missouri Tigers as 1.5-point road favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive affair.\u00a0 The Wildcats started five freshmen last time out\u2014the first time they\u2019ve sent out such a lineup in that situation in program history.\u00a0 Forward Julius Randle is the key player to handicap, as he\u2019s averaging 16.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Kentucky is 3-1 SU and 2-2 ATS as home favorites of 12.5 to 15 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are a dominating 80-2 SU at Rupp Arena under head coach John Calipari, which includes a 54-game home winning streak to begin his time in Lexington.\u00a0 Over the last five games, Kentucky is shooting 42.2 percent from the 3-point area, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 9-3-1 in the Wildcats last 13 home games.<\/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":"

Mississippi Rebels vs. Kentucky Wildcats Tuesday, 2\/4\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kentucky -12.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kentucky -12.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Mississippi has won five of its last six games, including a 75-71 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks as 10.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7767,876,7349,2865,4116,3875],"class_list":["post-32872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-julius-randle","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-marshall-henderson","tag-mississippi-rebels","tag-rupp-arena","tag-southeastern-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872","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=32872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32874,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872\/revisions\/32874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}