Alabama Crimson Tide vs Kentucky Wildcats Prediction, 2/24/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs Kentucky Wildcats

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024

Location: Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY

TV: ESPN+

The Kentucky Wildcats (18-8) are hosting the Alabama Crimson Tide (19-7) at Rupp Arena on Saturday.

The Alabama Crimson Tide stepped onto the hardwood against Florida and went home with a win by a final score of 98-93 in their last game. Concerning fouls, the Crimson Tide ended up walking away with 17 and Florida totaled 20 fouls. They also made 9 of 30 shots from three-point range. Florida finished the contest at 77.8% from the charity stripe by burying 14 of their 18 tries. On top of that, Florida grabbed 39 rebounds (13 offensive, 26 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Florida doled out 21 dimes and had 4 steals in this game. In relation to the defense, Alabama let their opponent shoot 43.2% from the floor on 35 of 81 shooting. They also recorded 19 dimes in this game while forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and earning 6 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they earned 51 with 20 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the free throw line, the Crimson Tide made 16 of 20 attempts for a rate of 80.0%. Alabama finished the game having earned a 44.0% FG percentage (37 out of 84) and knocked down 8 of their 32 3-point attempts.

Grant Nelson is one guy who played a role for the contest. He walked away with 22 points on 9 of 14 shooting. He was on the court for 37 mins and snagged 8 boards. He walked away from this one shooting 64.3% from the floor and also distributed 1 assist.

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Alabama heads into this game with a win-loss mark of 19-7 this year. They turn it over 12.1 times per contest and as a squad are committing 19.1 personal fouls every game. As a team, Alabama is grabbing 40.0 rebounds per game and has tallied 420 assists so far this season, which is 41st in D-1 in terms of passing. The Crimson Tide are hitting 38.0% on shots from downtown (304 of 800) and 79.1% from the free throw line. They are averaging 91.0 points per outing (1st in D-1) while connecting on 48.0% from the floor.

Defensively, the Crimson Tide have forced 12.0 turnovers every game while drawing 19.8 personal fouls. They relinquish 31.1% on shots from distance while they are 317th in college basketball in points per game allowed (77.4). The Crimson Tide are giving up a shooting percentage of 42.9% (700 of 1,631) and they concede 34.9 rebounds per game as a team. They currently rank 104th in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 314 relinquished so far this year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Kentucky Wildcats took a defeat with a final score of 75-74 when they played LSU. The Wildcats snagged 21 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards totaling 29 for this game. They also turned it over 12 times, while earning 10 steals for the matchup. LSU had 13 fouls in the game which got the Wildcats to the free throw line for 12 shots. They were able to convert 12 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 100.0%. With regard to shooting from beyond the arc, Kentucky converted 8 of their 20 attempts (40.0%). When this game wrapped up, the Wildcats walked away from this one shooting 27 out of 62 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 43.5%. The Wildcats allowed LSU to bury 25 of their 56 attempts from the field which left them shooting 44.6% in the matchup. They went 45.0% from distance by connecting on 9 of 20 and ended up shooting 16 of 25 at the charity stripe (64.0%). Concerning cleaning the glass, Kentucky allowed LSU to collect 37 in total (11 on the offensive glass).

Antonio Reeves ended up being a major contributor for the Wildcats in this matchup. He tallied 25 points in his 33 mins on the court and tallied 1 assist for this contest. He made 8 of 15 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 53.3%, and had 4 rebounds.

Kentucky has a record of 18-8 so far this year. The Wildcats are committing 16.9 fouls per contest and they go 75.8% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 17.1 times per game (18th in the country) and they are giving up possession 10.2 times per contest. Kentucky has accumulated 2,278 points on the campaign (87.6 per game) and they snag 38.3 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Wildcats are connecting on 48.8% from the field, which is 20th in D-1.

The Kentucky defense surrenders 31.9% from downtown (218 of 684) and opponents are connecting on 70.4% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 14.5 dimes and 37.7 boards every game, which ranks 310th and 316th in college basketball. The Wildcats on the defensive side of the court are 315th in D-1 in points allowed per game with 77.3. They are forcing 12.3 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 41.7% from the field (70th in the country).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kentucky

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