The No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats (25-6, 14-4 SEC) are 10.5-point favorites in the SEC Tournament over the No. 11 seed Vanderbilt Commodores (17-15, 7-11 SEC) on Friday at Amalie Arena. The contest tips at 8:30 PM, with the winner moving one step closer to securing a guaranteed spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Kentucky has compiled a 15-16-0 record against the spread this season, while Vanderbilt is 19-12-1. In terms of going over the point total, games involving the Wildcats are 15-16-0 and the Commodores are 17-15-0. The two teams combine to score 150.5 points per game, eight more points than this matchup’s total. Kentucky has a 5-5-0 record against the spread while going 8-2 overall over the past 10 contests. Vanderbilt has gone 8-1-1 against the spread and 5-5 overall in its last 10 games.
To prepare for this SEC matchup, here is what you need to get ready for Friday’s college hoops action.
Vanderbilt at Kentucky odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Kentucky -10.5
- Total: 142.5
- Moneyline: Kentucky -639, Vanderbilt +449
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Vanderbilt at Kentucky odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Kentucky 77, Vanderbilt 65
Moneyline
- The Wildcats have been the moneyline favorite 24 total times this season. They’ve finished 23-1 in those games.
- Kentucky has played 13 times as a moneyline favorite with odds of -639 or shorter, and earned a victory each game.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Wildcats’ implied win probability is 86.5%.
- The Commodores have won five, or 31.2%, of the 16 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Vanderbilt has been at least a +449 moneyline underdog three times this season, and lost all of those games.
- The Commodores have a 18.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- The 80.1 points per game the Wildcats average are 12.9 more points than the Commodores give up (67.2).
- When Kentucky puts up more than 67.2 points, it is 14-12 against the spread and 23-3 overall.
- When Vanderbilt gives up fewer than 80.1 points, it is 17-10 against the spread and 15-12 overall.
- The Commodores score just 4.7 more points per game (70.4) than the Wildcats give up to opponents (65.7).
- Vanderbilt is 15-7-1 against the spread and 14-9 overall when it scores more than 65.7 points.
- Kentucky’s record is 12-9 against the spread and 19-2 overall when it allows fewer than 70.4 points.
- The Wildcats have totaled 445 more points than their opponents this season (14.4 per game on average), and the Commodores have scored 101 more points than their opponents (3.2 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Wildcats have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Friday’s game (77).
- So far this season, Kentucky has scored more than 77 points in a game 20 times.
- The Commodores’ average implied point total on the season (73.3 points) is 7.3 points higher than their implied total in this matchup (66 points).
- This season, Vanderbilt has scored more than 66 points in a game 25 times.
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