The No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats (26-6, 14-4 SEC) are favored by 2.5 points in the SEC Tournament when they play the No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers (24-7, 14-4 SEC) Saturday at Amalie Arena, tipping off at 3:30 PM. The winner moves one game closer to claiming a guaranteed place in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Kentucky has a 16-17-0 record against the spread this season compared to Tennessee, who is 18-13-0 ATS. The Wildcats have hit the over in 17 games, while Volunteers games have gone over 14 times. The two teams combine to score 153.6 points per game, 14.6 more points than this matchup’s total. In the last 10 games, Kentucky has a 5-5-0 record against the spread while going 7-3 overall. Tennessee has gone 6-4-0 against the spread and 9-1 overall in its last 10 matches.
Ahead of this SEC matchup, here is what you need to get ready for Saturday’s college hoops action.
Kentucky at Tennessee odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Kentucky -2.5
- Total: 139
- Moneyline: Kentucky -134, Tennessee +115
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Kentucky at Tennessee odds, spread, & more
Moneyline
- The Wildcats have won 96.2% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (25-1).
- Kentucky has a record of 25-1 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -134 or shorter (96.2%).
- The Wildcats have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.3% in this matchup.
- The Volunteers have been the underdog in six games this season, and they have failed to win any of those contests.
- Tennessee has been at least a +115 moneyline underdog five times this season, and lost all of those games.
- The Volunteers have a 46.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- The Wildcats put up 80 points per game, 16.8 more points than the 63.2 the Volunteers allow.
- When Kentucky scores more than 63.2 points, it is 15-13 against the spread and 25-3 overall.
- When Tennessee gives up fewer than 80 points, it is 17-11 against the spread and 22-6 overall.
- The Volunteers put up an average of 73.6 points per game, 7.7 more points than the 65.9 the Wildcats give up.
- Tennessee is 15-10 against the spread and 22-3 overall when it scores more than 65.9 points.
- Kentucky’s record is 12-10 against the spread and 20-2 overall when it allows fewer than 73.6 points.
- The Wildcats have totaled a total of 451 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 14.1 per game), and the Volunteers have out-scored opponents by 322 points on the season (10.4 more per game).
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Over/Under
- The Wildcats’ average implied point total this season is 7.2 more points than their implied total in Saturday’s game (78.2 implied points on average compared to 71 implied points in this game).
- So far this season, Kentucky has scored more than 71 points in a game 28 times.
- The Volunteers’ implied point total in this matchup (68 points) equals the team’s season average.
- This year, Tennessee has scored more than 68 points in 22 games.
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