You just knew that Kentucky was going to become a more dangerous team as the year went on.\u00a0 It has been a staple of Coach Cal\u2019s teams even, if this particular version struggled a little more early on than many expected. <\/p>\n
#25 Kentucky Wildcats (17-6) vs #7 Florida Gators (19-3)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s CBB Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The truth is that the talent on this team is enough to beat any team in the country. \u00a0They are far from perfect, but if they play to their potential they are a threat. \u00a0Some nights that is a bigger if than others though.<\/p>\n Center Nerlens Noel is a fantastic defensive player who has shown he can impact a game without scoring all that much. \u00a0He will need to control the middle for Kentucky to have a shot and get scoring help from Kyle Witjer, Alex Poythress and Archie Goodwin. \u00a0<\/p>\n Not to be overlooked is the play of point guard Ryan Harrow. \u00a0If they are going to beat good teams he has to play well and control the action out there.<\/p>\n Kentucky is just 2-2 ATS when they are an underdog but I still get a strong itch to back them when they are in this role. \u00a0To me it always seems like good value and in their last tough road tilt they won going away at Ole Miss. \u00a0Florida is a whole other animal as they are going to need a more complete game to even cover.<\/p>\n The Gators lost on the road at Arkansas last week. \u00a0[ad-6571516]<\/p>\n It was a surprise given the way they had been dominating in SEC play and it adds extra juice to this game as another loss will leave them tied for the league lead with Kentucky with a visit to Lexington to close the season. \u00a0The Gators need to defend their homecourt to restore their confidence and position at the top of the SEC standings.<\/p>\n Other than that loss no game has been closer than 14 points this year. \u00a0The Gators have a dynamic offensive attack led by guard Kenny Boynton – who is actually not having a good senior season despite the team\u2019s success. \u00a0If things continue as they have he will post the lowest scoring average of his career at Florida, hard to believe given his prep hype. \u00a0It will be fun to see Erik Murphy and Wiltjer go head-to-head. \u00a0They are very similar players who prefer to bomb from the perimeter.<\/p>\n Florida has yet to lose at home this season and is 5-3 ATS in Gainesville. \u00a0A perfect conference run might have been unrealistic so perhaps it was a wakeup call for the Gators. \u00a0They have lots of talent and probably a better mix of it than UK. \u00a0The definitely have more experience that Kentucky which should show at home.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Kentucky<\/strong> Wildcats vs Gators CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping You just knew that Kentucky was going to become a more dangerous team as the year went on.\u00a0 It has been a staple of Coach Cal\u2019s teams even, if this particular version struggled a little more early on than many expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":33601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[6986,1477,4631,1475,45546,45543,2856,4210,4694],"class_list":["post-59923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-cbb-free-picks","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-gators-vs-kentucky-wildcats","tag-gators-vs-wildcats","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59923"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59938,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923\/revisions\/59938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Tuesday February 12<\/strong>
\n Stephen C. O\u2019Connell Center – Gainesville, FL<\/strong>
\n 7:00PM<\/strong>
\n Moneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed at Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 <\/a>Spread: \u00a0Florida -9.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0135<\/strong><\/p>\nKentucky<\/h3>\n
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Florida<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Under<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Florida 70 – Kentucky 62<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"