Florida Gators versus Kentucky Wildcats CBS TV College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

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Published: March 7, 2010

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The Florida Gators will travel in SEC conference play with a battle with the Kentucky Wildcats in a college basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time in Kentucky is set for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening line in this game and it was the home team Kentucky Wildcats opening as a 12 point favorite with the over under coming in at 140 ½.

The early money in this game has come in on the road underdog Florida Gators, as the Kentucky Wildcats are currently 11 ½ point favorites. The total has seen early movement towards the over, as the game is lined at 141.

Those looking to back the home favored Kentucky Wildcats on the money line will lay –800 odds with the road underdog Florida Gators bringing back +600 to pull off the upset victory without the aid of getting the points.

These teams are meeting for the second time this regular season. It was the Kentucky Wildcats with the 89-77 road victory over the Florida Gators on January 12th as a 3-½ point underdog. Kentucky shot well in victory hitting on 51.4% of their shots while limiting the Gators to just 38.2%.

Kentucky is firmly in the NCAA Tournament as the team sits at 28-2 overall and 13-2 in SEC conference play. The Wildcats are playing for a #1 seed into the NCAA Tournament. Kentucky has played well at home this season with a 17-0 straight up record. The team bounced backed well after their 74-65 road loss last week at Tennessee with an 80-68 road victory over Georgia on Wednesday night. It was a solid shooting night for the Wildcats as they hit on 54.4% of their shots in victory. Georgia was only able to hit on 40.3% of their shots. Freshman guard John Wall is coming off a nice game with 24 points on 8 of 10 shooting against the Bulldogs.

Florida sits at 20-10 on the season and 9-6 in the SEC East. Florida is on the bubble and will need to make a nice showing on Sunday and in their SEC Conference Tournament. The Gators are 5-4 straight up in true road games this season. The team has dropped two straight games. After a 2-point loss at Georgia the Gators followed up with a 64-60 home loss to Vanderbilt as a 3 point favorite on Tuesday night. The Gators had a rough shooting night hitting on just 36.5% from the field and a miserable 15.4% from beyond the arc. Freshman guard and leading scorer Kenny Boynton is coming off an awful performance against Vanderbilt with just 7 points on 2 of 15 shooting from the field.

Trend: The Over is 4-1 in their past 5 meetings at Villanova

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