Alabama Crimson Tide vs Kentucky Wildcats Prediction, 2/19/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Kentucky Wildcats

Date: Saturday, February 19, 2022

Location: Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY

TV: CBS

The Kentucky Wildcats (21-5) will compete against the Alabama Crimson Tide (17-9) at Rupp Arena on Saturday.

The Alabama Crimson Tide played Mississippi State and took home the win by a score of 80-75 in their last contest. In reference to fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up walking away with 14 and Mississippi State recorded 21 fouls. They also buried 6 out of their 21 shots from beyond the arc. Mississippi State ended up going 89.5% at the free throw line by knocking down 17 of 19 tries. Additionally, Mississippi State grabbed 30 rebounds (11 offensive, 19 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Mississippi State recorded 12 dimes and had 7 steals for the contest. Concerning defending, Alabama allowed the other team to shoot 36.1% from the field on 26 of 72 shooting. They also doled out 15 assists in this game as well as forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and having 6 steals. In regard to hauling in boards, they collected 40 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. From the free throw line, the Crimson Tide made 18 of 23 attempts for a percentage of 78.3%. Alabama ended the contest having earned a 44.4% field goal percentage (28 out of 63) and knocked down 6 out of their 30 shots from downtown.

Jahvon Quinerly is one guy who was important for the contest. He finished the game at 50.0% from the floor and recorded 8 assists. He was on the court for 37 mins played and also pulled down 2 rebounds. He finished with 21 points on 8 of 16 shooting.

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Alabama heads into this one with a win-loss mark of 17-9 for the season. They are giving up possession 14.0 times per game and as a team they commit 18.3 fouls per contest. As a team, Alabama is pulling down 40.3 boards per game and has tallied 377 assists on the season, which is 70th in Division 1 in terms of passing the rock. The Crimson Tide are shooting 30.8% on shots from 3-point land (235 of 764) and 72.0% from the free throw line. They are averaging 80.4 points per outing (16th in the nation) while connecting on 44.6% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Crimson Tide are forcing 12.9 turnovers per game and they draw 18.8 fouls. They currently rank 194th in college basketball in giving up assists with 316 relinquished for the year. The Crimson Tide defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 42.8% (697 of 1,628) and they surrender 36.6 boards per contest as a basketball team. They relinquish 32.0% on shots from downtown and they rank 321st in college basketball in PPG allowed (75.5).

When they last played, the Kentucky Wildcats went home defeated by a final of 76-63 when they played Tennessee. The Wildcats were able to corral 22 defensive rebounds and 16 offensive rebounds totaling 38 in the matchup. They gave up possession 12 times, while earning 6 steals for this game. Tennessee earned 15 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Wildcats to the charity stripe for 14 shots. They were able to make 12 of the free throws for a percentage of 85.7%. In the matter of 3-point attempts, Kentucky buried 5 of their 16 tries (31.3%). Overall, the Wildcats walked away from this one shooting 23 out of 67 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 34.3%. The Wildcats allowed Tennessee to bury 24 of their 54 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.4% in this game. They finished 47.1% from three-point range by connecting on 8 of 17 and finished the game at 20 of 23 from the free throw line (87.0%). With respect to how they cleaned up the glass, Kentucky permitted Tennessee to grab 32 in total (6 on the offensive glass).

Oscar Tshiebwe pitched in for the Wildcats in the matchup. He accumulated 13 points in his 30 minutes of playing time, but left the arena with no assists. He made 5 out of 15 in this game for a field goal rate of 33.3%, and had 15 rebounds.

Kentucky has a record of 21-5 for the season. The Wildcats are committing 14.4 fouls per game while shooting 73.0% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 16.9 times per game (13th in college basketball) and they are turning it over 12.0 times per contest. Kentucky has accounted for 2,095 points on the campaign (80.6 per contest) and they grab 41.2 boards per contest. As an offensive unit, the Wildcats are connecting on 48.5% from the field, which is 14th in the nation.

The Kentucky defense surrenders 29.6% on three-point shots (159 of 538) and their opponents are making 70.8% of their free throw attempts. They have surrendered 11.2 assists and 30.3 boards per contest, which is ranked 60th and 18th in college hoops. The Wildcats on the defensive side of the court are 58th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 64.7. They have forced 12.7 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 40.5% from the floor (49th in Division 1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kentucky

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