Auburn Tigers vs Kentucky Wildcats Prediction, 3/1/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Auburn Tigers vs Kentucky Wildcats

Date: Saturday, March 1, 2025

Location: Rupp Arena in Columbia, SC

TV: ESPN+

Rupp Arena is the location where the Kentucky Wildcats (19-9) will attempt to defeat the Auburn Tigers (26-2) on Saturday.

The Auburn Tigers faced Ole Miss and walked away with a win by a score of 106-76 in their last contest. Auburn wrapped up the game having earned a 59.6% field goal percentage (34 out of 57) and knocked down 11 of 21 shots from beyond the perimeter. From the charity stripe, the Tigers knocked down 27 of their 33 shots for a percentage of 81.8%. Regarding hauling in rebounds, they earned a total of 30 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 20 dimes in this matchup in addition to forcing the opposition into 8 turnovers and having 4 steals. In reference to the defense, Auburn allowed their opponent to shoot 47.1% from the field on 24 of 51 shooting. Ole Miss recorded 7 assists and had 6 steals for the contest. On top of that, Ole Miss had 17 rebounds (3 offensive, 14 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Ole Miss ended up shooting 74.2% from the free throw line by making 23 of their 31 attempts. They converted 5 of their 14 attempts from 3-point range. In reference to personal fouls, the Tigers ended up walking away with 22 while Ole Miss totaled 25 personal fouls.

Johni Broome is a player who was a major contributor for this game. He notched 24 points on 7 out of 12 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 31 mins and also collected 9 rebounds. He ended up going 58.3% from the field and recorded 4 assists.

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Auburn enters this one with a win-loss record of 26-2 for the season. They turn the ball over 9.1 times per contest and as a team they commit 18.3 fouls every game. As a unit, Auburn is collecting 38.5 boards per game and is sitting with 469 dimes on the campaign, which is 27th in the nation in terms of passing. The Tigers are connecting on 36.7% on shots from downtown (260 of 708) and 74.5% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 85.1 points per contest (5th in college hoops) on 48.4% from the field.

Defensively, the Tigers are forcing 11.9 turnovers per contest and they draw 17.5 personal fouls. They rank 4th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 254 relinquished for the campaign. The Tigers defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 40.3% (652 of 1,619) and they surrender 32.8 boards per game as a unit. They surrender 29.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 77th in Division 1 in PPG allowed (68.4).

When they last played, the Kentucky Wildcats got the win with a final of 83-82 against Oklahoma. The Wildcats corralled 23 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds totaling 30 in the game. They also gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while getting 10 steals for this game. Oklahoma committed 21 fouls in the matchup which got the Wildcats to the free throw line for a total of 24 shots. They were able to knock down 18 of those for a percentage of 75.0%. With respect to shots from downtown, Kentucky made 7 of 23 tries (30.4%). When the game finished, the Wildcats ended up shooting 29 out of 58 from the floor which gave them a rate of 50.0%. The Wildcats permitted Oklahoma to make 30 out of their 57 tries from the floor which had them shooting 52.6% in this contest. They wrapped up this game 40.0% from 3-point land by shooting 10 of 25 and finished the game at 12 out of 17 at the charity stripe (70.6%). When discussing cleaning the glass, Kentucky permitted Oklahoma to snag 32 in total (7 offensive).

Otega Oweh was important for the Wildcats in the game. He knocked down 12 of 21 for the matchup for a rate of 57.1%, and accounted for 6 rebounds. He earned 28 points in his 32 minutes on the court, but left the arena with no assists.

Kentucky has a mark of 19-9 on the year. The Wildcats commit 17.4 personal fouls per contest while shooting 73.7% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 17.1 times per contest (16th in Division 1) and they are losing possession via turnover 10.8 times per contest. Kentucky has scored 2,396 pts for the campaign (85.6 per contest) and they pull in 38.8 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Wildcats are connecting on 48.4% from the field, which is ranked 31st in the country.

The Wildcats are ranked 310th in college in PPG allowed with 76.6. They are able to force 10.2 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.0% from the floor (136th in college). The Kentucky defense allows 29.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter (231 of 778) and their opponents are making 71.6% of their free throw attempts. They have given up 12.9 dimes and 35.6 rebounds every game, which has them ranked 166th and 258th in the country.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kentucky and under the total points

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