Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats will travel to Louisville as underdogs against Pat Kelsey and the Cardinals.
The early analytics have favored UL, and now, the opening spread reflects that, UK sitting at +2.5 heading to the KFC Yum! Center with the over/under set at 168.5 points, according to our friends at BetMGM. Kentucky’s point total has been listed at 83.5 compared to 86.5 for Louisville.
KenPom predicts an 84-83 loss for the Wildcats on the road, giving Pope’s squad a 49 percent chance to pull off the victory. Elsewhere, BartTorvik is going with an 85-79 loss for the blue and white with a 32 percent chance to win outright.