No. 4 Kentucky (21-5, 10-3 SEC) will try to stay in the SEC title hunt when it hosts No. 25 Alabama Crimson Tide (17-9, 7-6) on Saturday. Kentucky dropped to two games behind Auburn in the SEC standings when the Wildcats lost at Tennessee on Tuesday. Alabama, meanwhile, comes into this matchup on a three-game winning streak and will try to improve its SEC and NCAA Tournament positioning. Kentucky won the first matchup between these teams 66-55 on Feb. 5 in Tuscaloosa. You can stream the game on Paramount+.
Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. ET at Rupp Arena. Caesars Sportsbook lists the Wildcats as seven-point favorites in the latest Kentucky vs. Alabama odds, while the over-under for total points is 155. Saturday’s matchup can be seen live on CBS and streamed live on Paramount+ with their must-have Premium plan.
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How to watch Kentucky vs. Alabama
- Kentucky vs. Alabama date: Saturday, Feb. 19
- Kentucky vs. Alabama time: 1 p.m. ET
- Kentucky vs. Alabama TV channel: CBS
- Kentucky vs. Alabama live stream: Paramount+
College basketball picks for Alabama vs. Kentucky
Before tuning into the Kentucky vs. Alabama game, you need to see the college basketball picks from SportsLine’s advanced computer model. The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. Over the past five-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated an impressive profit of almost $2,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college basketball picks against the spread. Anyone who has followed it has seen huge returns.
For Alabama vs. Kentucky, the model is projecting that the Wildcats (-7) cover the spread. Kentucky guard TyTy Washington Jr. (ankle) is questionable, and that’s certainly a contributing factor for oddsmakers when setting this single-digit spread.
But going to back to Kentucky’s win over Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Washington was not particularly effective in that matchup. He was 6-of-15 from the field and just 1-of-5 from three-point range. It was big man Oscar Tshiebwe who did most of the damage for the Wildcats. The Wooden Award candidate scored 10 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. He also recorded four steals and blocked a shot as he created issues for Alabama offensively.
SportsLine’s model is calling for another big game for Tshiebwe, who records around 15 points and 12 rebounds in the simulations. Kentucky covers 60 percent of the time, making the Wildcats the clear value play for Kentucky vs. Alabama bets.
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