{"id":3585,"date":"2019-02-16T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T14:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:08:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:08:27","slug":"tennessee-volunteers-at-kentucky-wildcats-betting-pick-and-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/tennessee-volunteers-at-kentucky-wildcats-betting-pick-and-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats Betting Pick and Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes will be on Rupp Arena on Saturday night when the <strong>Kentucky Wildcats<\/strong> host the <strong>Tennessee Volunteers<\/strong>. This game could go a long way towards deciding the regular season SEC Champ, but Tennessee enters this game in the driver\u2019s seat. The Volunteers are the top-ranked team in the country, while Kentucky checks in at number five.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennessee<\/strong> brings a perfect 11-0 conference record into this game, and have only lost one game the entire season. The Volunteers are outscoring opponents by almost 18 points per game this season, and have a veteran team. <strong>Kentucky<\/strong> is a young team that is still trying to figure things out, and come in with a 9-2 record in SEC play.<a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\"><strong> The Wildcats are -3.0 over Tennessee in this game.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tennessee-offense-is-rolling\">Tennessee Offense is Rolling<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Tennessee Volunteers<\/strong> are averaging more than 85 points per game this season, and they can put up points in a hurry. Tennessee can score in a variety of ways, and even though <strong>Kentucky<\/strong> is one of the best defensive teams in the country, they won\u2019t be able to completely shut down the Volunteers. The <strong>Volunteers<\/strong> are shooting better than 51 percent from the field, and are making close to 37 percent of their three-point shots. The Tennessee roster is loaded with offensive studs.<\/p>\n<p>Forward <strong>Grant Williams<\/strong> is the biggest star for Tennessee, putting up 19.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game this season. Kentucky will have plenty of size to throw at him, but Williams has more than enough strength. <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/kentucky\/Article\/Kentucky-basketball-Tennessees-Admiral-Schofield-previews-Saturdays-showdown-129099502\/\"><strong>Admiral Schofield<\/strong><\/a> is the best perimeter player for the Vols, averaging 16.7 points while shooting better than 40 percent from three. <strong>Tennessee<\/strong> has three other players averaging double-figures on the season, and they are all capable of leading the team if necessary.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"kentucky-must-slow-the-game-down\">Kentucky Must Slow the Game Down<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Kentucky<\/strong> has plenty of talent on their roster as well, but they can\u2019t score as quickly or efficiently as the Volunteers. If the <strong>Wildcats<\/strong> are going to pull off the upset, they are going to have to get this game played at their pace. Kentucky is giving up just 65.5 points per game on the season but gave up 73 points to LSU in their loss earlier this week. If the <strong>Wildcats<\/strong> aren\u2019t locked in on defense in this game, it could be a long night.<\/p>\n<p>Forward<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/kentucky\/Article\/Kentucky-basketball-PJ-Washington-on-Naismith-Midseason-Watch-List-129064879\/\"><strong> P.J. Washington<\/strong><\/a> continues to improve for Kentucky and leads the team with 14.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. He will need to provide some inside scoring to take pressure off of guards <strong>Keldon Johnson<\/strong> and <strong>Tyler Herro<\/strong>. Johnson and Herro have combined to score better than 27 points per game this season, and both are terrific shooters when given some space. Kentucky has enough offense to compete in this game, but their defense will have to set the tone.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"kentucky-pulls-off-win\">Kentucky Pulls Off Win<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tennessee<\/strong> has yet to lose an SEC game this season, but they have had some close calls along the way. The Volunteers look like a Final Four contender, but they are due for a loss, and Rupp Arena is a tough place to play. Coach John Calipari will have his team ready to play after a stunning loss to LSU earlier in the week. <a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\"><strong>Bet the Kentucky Wildcats -3.0 over the Tennessee Volunteers in this game.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tennessee Volunteers play the Kentucky Wildcats, with the Wildcats favored at -3.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats Betting Pick and Prediction - The Latest Sports Betting News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats Betting Pick and Prediction - 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