Number 1 ranked Kentucky vs the NCAA championship hopefuls Georgia? Seems like a recipe for a blowout, especially as Kentucky barely regained that coveted No. 1 location on the standings for the first time in the previous two months. Whilst the Wildcats are ahead of the standings and savoring an eleven game win streak, the Bulldogs can best be termed sporadic thus far in the season.
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The Wildcats are 19-1 and 5-0 in the SEC. They are coming off of a particularly unsightly game at home versus Alabama, where they earned their previous 15 points at the foul line. Fortunately, the team is fairly good from the free-throw line, where they landed 23-of-29 to keep the win, 77-71. That win, joined with Syracuse dropping their first game of the year, put Kentucky back ahead. Their present eleven game win streak is also their best since going 19-0 during the 2009-2010 year.
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Georgia will have its hands full struggling with the Wildcats on Tuesday, January 24. The Bulldogs earned an invite to the NCAA championship for the first time in the last three years in 2011, but two of their primary competitors graduated to the NBA. Since losing them, Georgia has lost much of their offensive touch, scoring just 61.9 ppg with a terrible 39.9 percent field-goal proportion. The Bulldogs are presently 10-9 in total and 1-4 in the SEC.
With the Wildcats averaging 79.5 ppg, and the Bulldogs at 61.9, it is no wonder the sports book is favoring Kentucky by 12 points. It may be a bargain taking the Cats, as the game could end up pretty easily as a 15- or 20-point blowout. The total is set at 129, but and I would anticipate this match to go under the total. If Kentucky plays even slightly bit of defense, the Dogs’ offense may very well be efficiently shut down all evening.
Jan 262012
