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Kentucky vs Florida prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Saturday, March 5

Kentucky vs Florida prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Saturday, March 5


Kentucky vs Florida How To Watch

Date: Saturday, March 5
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL
How To Watch: CBS
Record: Kentucky (24-6), Florida (19-11)
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Kentucky vs Florida prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Saturday.

Kentucky vs Florida prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Saturday, February 12


Kentucky vs Florida How To Watch

Date: Saturday, February 12
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Kentucky (20-4), Florida (16-8)
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Why Florida Will Win

The Gators are making a push.

They might have some work to do to get into the NCAA Tournament mix, but they’re looking and playing the part with four straight wins and seven of their last nine.

What’s going right? Being at home for a few weeks has helped, but the defense is stepped it up with a whole lot of steals and big stops. It’s doing a great job at stopping the three and it’s keeping games low scoring and manageable.

There are a whole lot of blocked shots and a good inside presence to at least battle with Kentucky on the inside. If the D is working like it’s supposed to and the threes are dropping – the Gators have hit ten or more in four of their last five games – they’ll hang in this.

However …

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Why Kentucky Will Win

You can’t beat Kentucky if you don’t do a lot on the boards.

It’s partly a function of the team’s style, but Florida is last in the SEC in total rebounds and it doesn’t get enough control on the defensive glass. Kentucky destroys teams when it owns the rebounding margin, which is almost always.

Even when it doesn’t, it’s still winning – Alabama and South Carolina did way too good a job on the offensive boards.

Florida has come up with double-digit offensive rebounds just once in the last ten games. That’s not going to get it done considering UK has been a bear at stopping the three.

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What’s Going To Happen

Kentucky is a bad, bad mix of things for Florida.

The Gators are good defensively on the inside, but it’s got to hit threes to win, and it’s not going to do enough. Combine that with the lack of rebounding – and Kentucky’s 14-0 record at home – and it’ll be a tough hill to climb.

Florida won’t be a pushover, but the defense won’t be enough.

Kentucky vs Florida Prediction, Lines

Kentucky 83, Florida 71
Line: Kentucky -9.5, o/u: 140.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3.5

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Kentucky vs. Florida Broadcast

Date: Saturday, March 7
Game Time: 1:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Exactech Arena, Gainesville, FL
Network: CBS

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Why Kentucky Will Win

UK got Florida two weeks ago with a good second half run helped by hitting all ten free throws and doing just enough from three to get by.

Florida’s defense is solid, but it doesn’t generate a whole lot of pressure and doesn’t force a whole slew of mistakes. Kentucky doesn’t come up with steals, either, but it doesn’t screw up enough to give away a ton of easy points.

The inside presence for the Wildcats should be enough to force the Gators to keep trying to make things happen from the outside. It’s a decent-shooting UF team, but Kentucky is great a defending the three.

Why Florida Will Win

Nine. Lately, that’s the magic number.

Florida has won its last six games when it hits at least nine three-pointers. Kentucky is good at defending from the outside, but it allowed nine made three against Auburn and ten against Texas A&M over the last three games. In the loss to Tennessee, it gave up eight.

Everything else opens up for the Gators when they’re not all that bad from the outside on a regular basis – they only hit seven in the previous loss to UK.

What’s Going To Happen

This has been a different Florida team at home over the last month. It’s been fine overall, but it won its last four in Gainesville in dominant fashion since the start of February.

Unlike the first matchup, the Gators won’t be miserable on the free throw line, and Kentucky – as good as it is on the line – won’t be perfect.

In the home and regular season finale, Florida will survive late in a fun battle.

Kentucky vs. Florida Prediction, Line

Florida 69, Kentucky 66
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ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING
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Must See Rating: 3.5

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