Kentucky A Solid Bet As the Road Favorite At LSU
The Kentucky vs LSU NCAAB Odds Has the Visiting Wildcats As the Favorite
LSU Hopes to Have Its Top Scorer For The Matchup vs Kentucky
Before Kentucky has another huge test against a ranked team, the Wildcats head to Baton Rouge to face an LSU team trying to stay over the .500 mark. After the home team was favored in the previous six meetings, the Kentucky vs LSU NCAAB odds favor the visiting Wildcats.
Kentucky has won seven of the last nine games against LSU, even though the Tigers emerged victorious the last time the Wildcats came to Baton Rouge.
The college basketball lines have Kentucky as the 6.5-point favorite after the line opened at -5. The Wildcats have -260 odds to win the game outright, with the Moneyline at +210 for LSU.
Kentucky moved up five spots to No. 17 in the Associated Press poll and moved from 20th to 17th in the USA Today coaches poll. Kentucky is 21st in the NCAA NET rankings despite a 3-6 record in Quad 1 games. LSU is 88th in the NCAA NET rankings.
Kentucky is tied for seventh at +1800 in the odds to win March Madness.
Keep on reading for more on the matchup between Kentucky and LSU.
Kentucky Wildcats vs LSU Tigers 
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Location: Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Streaming: ESPN, ESPN+
Wildcats Trending In the Right Direction
Recent losses to Tennessee and Gonzaga, both coming at home, had Kentucky on the verge of falling out of the top 25 in the national polls and had the Wildcats in need of a signature win.
That happened when Kentucky went on the road and handed Auburn an 11-point win in a clash of ranked teams.
While Kentucky’s roster has some talented freshmen, it was senior Antonio Reeves who led Kentucky with 22 points as the Wildcats posted their first road win against a ranked team this season.
Kentucky is back on the road and the favorite according to the Kentucky vs LSU NCAAB odds.
The Wildcats have covered in 13 of their last 20 games with 15 of those games landing over the total.
Tigers Starting to Sharpen Their Claws
Things weren’t heading in the right direction when LSU lost to Tennessee by 20 points and at home to Alabama by 17 points when the Tigers allowed 109 points.
Those on the verge of writing off the Tigers had to hit the pause button as LSU almost won at Florida and then went into Columbia, South Carolina, and stunned the nationally ranked South Carolina Gamecocks as LSU outscored South Carolina 15-6 in the final four minutes for the 64-63 win when listed by the NCAA picks as a 7.5-point underdog.
Can LSU keep that momentum going as Kentucky comes to town? The Kentucky vs LSU NCAAB odds have LSU as a road underdog for just the third time this season.
The total went over in four of LSU’s last six games.
Last Meeting
Four starters scored in double figures as Kentucky held off the Tigers 74-71, although the Tigers covered as the 10.5-point underdogs in the Jan. 3, 2023 matchup.
The game landed over the 137-point total on a basket by LSU’s Trae Hannibal with 1:05 left to play after the two previous matchups went under the total.
Kentucky vs LSU Betting Preview
LSU hasn’t always sealed the deal when playing against Kentucky even if the Tigers have covered in 11 of the last 16 meetings. It will be challenging to do that in this matchup.
LSU is 0-2 this season as a home underdog and dating back to last season, the Tigers lost nine of the last 11 games as a home underdog. Kentucky is 6-3 as the road favorite during the same stretch.
Kentucky is 15-5 as the favorite while LSU is 2-10 as the underdog this season.
The Tigers have covered in just five of its 13 home games while Kentucky is 5-2 against the spread on the road.
Kentucky has covered in eight of its last 10 games and in eight of the previous 12 road games versus LSU.
The total has gone over in five of LSU’s last six games, with the total at 165 for this matchup. That is the highest total since 2017 between the Wildcats and the Tigers.
The total has gone over in 10 of Kentucky’s last 14 games against SEC teams.
Kentucky’s Tre Mitchell is questionable with a shoulder injury. Keep an eye on the status of LSU’s leading scorer Jalen Cook as he is questionable with a leg injury. Guard Carlos Stewart and forward Daimion Collins are both out for LSU.
When looking at the NCAA basketball scores today, it remains to be seen if LSU can score enough to send this game over the 164.5-point total, but Kentucky is a pretty solid bet to cover as the road favorite. The Wildcats lead the nation in 3-point shooting and are third in scoring offense.
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