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With nine of the 16 teams in the SEC nationally ranked you get an elite matchup just about every game. We saw a game between the top two teams in the country last week and this one on Saturday between the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats and No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide might be just as good. Bama saw its seven-game winning streak end and lost for just the fourth time this season last Saturday to No. 1 Auburn. On the same day the Wildcats were a 4.5-point road underdog at Caesars sportsbook in their game against unranked Texas, just more proof that the conference is the strongest in the country. The Tide won an epic contest 102-97 inside Rupp Arena in mid-January in the first meeting between the squads winning outright as a 2.5-point dog on the college basketball betting line.
College Basketball Same Game Parlay
Kentucky Wildcats at Alabama Crimson Tide
Date and Time: Saturday, February 22, 2025, 6 p.m. ET
Location: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, AL
Kentucky at Alabama Odds: Caesars sportsbook
Kentucky at Alabama TV Coverage: ESPN
It doesn’t get any easier for the Wildcats, who lost at unranked Texas last Saturday, their third setback in five games, and host Vanderbilt on Wednesday ahead of their matchup with Bama. They were hampered in the Texas game by the absence of starters Jaxson Robinson and Lamont Butler, the team’s second and third leading scorers. Heck, missing just one of those players would put them at a big disadvantage against most teams in the SEC.
Robinson and Butler are two of the better three-point shooters on the team and their loss impacted Kentucky in a number of areas. The Cats are among the 25 best three-point shooting teams in the country but they struggled against the Horns making just 6 of 24 attempts. Another area impacted was ball security. The team already lost point guard Kerr Kriisa and with Butler on the shelf the Cats committed an uncharacteristic 15 turnovers against the Horns, five more than their season average.
Taking the reins at Texas was Otega Oweh, who scored 20 points, and Amari Williams. Hitting 6 of 10 shots, Williams had a double-double with 18 points and 12 boards. Without Butler and/or Robinson Kentucky has a harder time winning. Those two combined for 28 points and five three-pointers in the first meeting and the Cats lost. They will have to play their best game of the season to win this matchup.
With a chance to beat rival and No. 1 ranked Auburn while also tying the Tigers atop the SEC standings, Bama came up empty. And more discouraging was that it happened at home. The Tide never led but they did rally from a 14-point second half deficit to tie the game only to falter down the stretch.
Alabama showed how explosive they can be on offense in their rally, but they had difficulties shooting the basketball. Collectively they shot just 38.6 percent from the field and were 5 of 26 from behind the arc. Bama averages more than 90 points to lead the country and they’ve scored at least 80 points in eight straight while hitting the century mark in three of those games. They play at a fast pace allowing opponents to get more possessions. They cashed the OVER on the college basketball odds five times in their last seven games.
In their earlier win over Kentucky Bama’s best players were their best players. Leading scorer Mark Sears made four three-pointers and had 24 points and nine assists. Second leading scorer Grant Nelson hit 7 of 13 field goals for a game-high 25 points. We probably won’t see a lot of defense in this matchup and there are too many good shooters on both sides to pick up the slack if someone goes cold. The total will be up there but I like the teams to hit the OVER in a back and forth affair.
Kentucky at Alabama Same Game Parlay Pick
Alabama ATS
Kentucky / Alabama OVER
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