In NCAA Basketball action on Saturday – two storied programs will get together at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The UCLA Bruins will take on the Kentucky Wildcats. The Bruins are 8-3 on the season, and coming off a narrow win at home over South Dakota.
For Kentucky – they come into the weekend with a 9-1 record. The Wildcats have moved to #7 in the most recent Associated Press rankings. The Wildcats lone loss this season came in Chicago to the Kansas Jayhawks. Kentucky is the favorite over UCLA in this game. The Kentucky Wildcats are -5.5 over the UCLA Bruins.
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The Kentucky Wildcats have won 7 straight games, and are looking great doing so. The latest win for the Wildcats was a 93-86 win over Virginia Tech. THe Wildcats have scored 90+ points in three out of their last four games. On the season, Kentucky is scoring 81.3 points per game, which ranks 69th in the country. Defensively, Kentucky is allowing 69.2 per game.
The Wildcats are led in scoring by Kevin Knox. The guard is scoring 15.8 points per game, just ahead of Hamidou Diallo with 15.2 per game. Kentucky after this game will host Louisville on December 29th, and then start SEC play on New Years Eve. The Wildcats will take on Georgia.
Bruins Looking for Improvement
The UCLA Bruins, led by head coach Steve Alford have gone through several changes to the team. It started with the suspension of a couple players, and then the departure of one of the Ball brothers. The Bruins have three losses this season to Creighton, Michigan and Cincinnati. This is the final game for the Bruins before Pac-12 season starts with Washington State on December 29th.
UCLA is scoring more than 82 points per game, and allowing 76 points per game. The Bruins top scorer this season is Aaron Holiday with 17.4 points per game. The Bruins have five guys that score double digits per game. Thomas Welsh is adding 13.2 points per game, and ripping down nearly 11 rebounds per game. UCLA is seeking their 48th NCAA trip and 19th trip to a NCAA Final Four.
Wildcats Top Bruins
The Kentucky Wildcats are playing really good basketball right now. Even the loss to Kansas was a pretty good game, in which they competed against another top program. The Wildcats are still the favorites in a very talented SEC conference. Look for Kentucky to play well in this game, and come away with their 10th win of the 2017 – 2018 season.
The Bruins are going to want to run on Kentucky, but Coach Calipari is not going to allow that. Kentucky wins this game in a neutral court atmosphere, but a large crowd of Kentucky blue. The final bet for this game is the Kentucky Wildcats -5.5 over the UCLA Bruins.
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