Alabama vs Kentucky Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Alabama vs Kentucky prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Saturday.

Alabama vs Kentucky prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Saturday, February 19


Alabama vs Kentucky How To Watch

Date: Saturday, February 19
Game Time: 1:00 ET
Venue: Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
How To Watch: CBS
Record: Alabama (17-9), Kentucky (21-5)
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Why Alabama Will Win

Alabama knows how to have fun.

The threes weren’t falling in the first meeting – a 66-55 Kentucky win – but the Tide were still able to put up a bit of a fit despite hitting just 3-of-30 from three.

That’s not normal. Bama will keep chucking from three, it’ll get up and down the floor, and it’ll get to the free throw line over and over again. Kentucky can and will run, but it’s not going to keep up if this gets into a free throw shooting contest.

That first game was the only time all year Alabama scored fewer than 65 points. That’s not going to happen again, but …

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Why Kentucky Will Win

Kentucky doesn’t foul.

It did in the first meeting and Alabama got to the line 24 times, but in general there isn’t too much of a problem.

Kentucky also knows how to guard the heck out of the three.

It’s got the best three point defense in the SEC thanks to its ability to attack all while relying on the parts inside to do their job. It takes something special for a team to hit 40% from three on the Wildcats, and even when that happens they’re 5-1.

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What’s Going To Happen

15-0. That’s what Kentucky is at home, and it’s about to keep it all going by doing a great job defensively and a better job on the boards – but barely.

Alabama doesn’t really do that whole defense thing, but the team knows how to hit the boards hard and create a whole slew of second-chance points. It outrebounded Kentucky in the first game and still lost.

Alabama vs Kentucky Prediction, Lines

Kentucky 81, Alabama 73
Line: COMING, o/u: COMING
ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING

Must See Rating: 4

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Alabama vs Kentucky Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 21
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
Network: SEC Network

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Why Kentucky Will Win

This might not be the year Kentucky was hoping for with just two wins and a whole lot of good battles in close losses, but it’s not playing all that poorly, at least when it comes to its style.

This is never going to be the team that gets into firefights – unless it’s against Ole Miss, but that goes for everyone.

The offensive line doesn’t allow a whole lot of plays behind the line, the defense is great at taking the ball away, and it’s a rock in the red zone thanks to a secondary that’s able to keep the big plays to a minimum.

As always, Kentucky has a way of grinding things down to a dead stop. It got into a wee bit of a shootout in the win over Vanderbilt, but if it can get a ten point lead, that’s – it’s really not a cliché here – like a three touchdown team for almost anyone else.

However …

Why Alabama Will Win

Get a ten point lead on Kentucky, and it’s like getting a three touchdown lead on anyone else. The offensive pop just isn’t there.

The Wildcats haven’t faced all that many high-powered passing games, but they’ve still been hit for well over 200 yards by everyone but Georgia and Tennessee.

You can’t grind things down against this Bama team, and if you can, it’ll come up with a scoring drive in four plays and 90 seconds while you’re dinking around trying to go on a march.

Mac Jones might not be putting up Kyle Trask-like numbers, but he’s been brilliant, he’s got the weapons around him, and Kentucky can’t keep up.

What’s Going To Happen

We’re dealing with forces beyond ourselves.

Does Alabama own this series? Kentucky won in 1997, pulled off a victory in 1922, and managed a tie in 1939 – and that’s it.

37-2-1 with nine wins in a row. Make it ten.

As always, Alabama will get up fast, have this thing won after the first quarter, and will gear down and look to work on the defense and other parts the rest of the way. Kentucky’s defense, though, won’t let this get too ridiculous.

Again, the scores when it comes to Kentucky are all relative. Even if the final score doesn’t have a bazillion combined points, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a strong performance by the winner.

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Alabama vs Kentucky Prediction, Line

Alabama 41, Kentucky 17
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Alabama -31, o/u: 58.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

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