SEC foes meet when the No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats (24-6, 13-4 SEC) visit the Florida Gators (19-11, 9-8 SEC) at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, beginning at 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, March 5, 2022. The Gators are 5-point underdogs in the game. The matchup has an over/under set at 141.5 points. In this article, we take a look at the Kentucky vs. Florida odds and lines around this game.
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Kentucky is 14-16-0 against the spread this season compared to Florida’s 15-15-0 ATS record. A total of 15 out of the Wildcats’ 30 games this season have gone over the point total, and 13 of the Gators’ 30 games have gone over. The two teams average 151.1 points per game, 9.6 more points than this matchup’s total. In the last 10 games, Kentucky is 5-5-0 against the spread and 8-2 overall while Florida has gone 4-6-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall.
To prepare for this SEC matchup, here’s everything you need to prepare for Saturday’s college basketball action.
Kentucky at Florida odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Kentucky -5
- Total: 141.5
- Moneyline: Kentucky -214, Florida +174
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Kentucky at Florida odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Kentucky 73, Florida 68
Moneyline
- The Wildcats have been the moneyline favorite 23 total times this season. They’ve gone 22-1 in those games.
- Kentucky has played in 20 games as a moneyline favorite with odds of -214 or shorter and won them all.
- The Wildcats have an implied moneyline win probability of 68.2% in this game.
- This season, the Gators have won two out of the seven games in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Florida has been at least a +174 moneyline underdog three times this season, and lost all of those games.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 36.5% chance of a victory for the Gators.
Against the spread
- The Wildcats score 80.4 points per game, 15.0 more points than the 65.4 the Gators give up.
- When Kentucky puts up more than 65.4 points, it is 14-12 against the spread and 23-3 overall.
- Florida has a 15-12 record against the spread and a 19-8 record overall when giving up fewer than 80.4 points.
- The Gators’ 70.7 points per game are only 4.9 more points than the 65.8 the Wildcats give up.
- When it scores more than 65.8 points, Florida is 13-9 against the spread and 16-6 overall.
- Kentucky has an ATS record of 11-9 and an 18-2 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 70.7 points.
- The Wildcats have out-scored their opponents by a total of 437 points this season (14.6 points per game on average), and the Gators have put up 161 more points than their opponents on the year (5.3 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Wildcats’ average implied point total this season is the same as their implied total for Saturday’s game (78.7 points).
- So far this season, Kentucky has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (73) 22 times.
- The Gators’ implied point total in this matchup (68 points) equals the team’s season average.
- So far this season, Florida has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (68) 19 times.
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How to watch Kentucky vs. Florida
- Game Day: Saturday, March 5, 2022
- Game Time: 2:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: CBS
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