Alabama vs Kentucky Prediction, Odds & Best Bet for January 7 (Bama Offense Too Much for Wildcats in Tuscaloosa)

Alabama vs Kentucky Game Info

• 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Regular Season Game
• No. 7 Alabama (12-2, 2-0 SEC) vs. Kentucky (10-4, 1-1 SEC)
• Date: Saturday, January 7, 2023
• Time: 1:00 PM ET
• Venue: Coleman Coliseum -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama

A talented Kentucky team comes into this touch matchup unranked. They go up against the No. 7 team in the nation in the Alabama Crimson Tide, proving Tuscaloosa is more than just a football town this season. Alabama has won four of its last five games, while Kentucky has gone 3-2 in that same stretch.

Alabama vs Kentucky Odds & Spread

• All college basketball betting lines, odds and prop bets are from FanDuel Sportsbook.
• Moneyline: ALA: (-230) | UK: (+188)
• Spread: ALA: -5.5 (-110) | UK: +5.5 (-110)
• Total: 151.5 -- Over: (-105) | Under: (-115)

Alabama vs Kentucky Betting Trends

• Alabama is 8-6-0 against the spread this year.
• The Crimson Tide have an ATS record of 5-4 as 5.5-point favorites or more.
• This season, eight of Alabama's 14 games have gone over the point total.
• Kentucky is 5-9-0 against the spread this year.
• Kentucky has played 14 games this year, and eight of them have gone over the total.

Alabama Rank	Alabama AVG		Kentucky AVG	Kentucky Rank
14th	83.3	Points Scored	78.6	55th
236th	71	Points Allowed	66.5	113th
1st	43.1	Rebounds	37.2	18th
6th	12.4	Off. Rebounds	12.4	6th
12th	10	3pt Made	8	132nd
60th	15.4	Assists	17.9	13th
357th	15.9	Turnovers	11.4	87th

Alabama vs Kentucky Prediction & Pick

Yes, Kentucky is coming off two solid wins against Louisville and LSU in its last two games, but both were at Rupp Arena. They got trounced by Missouri in their last road game. Alabama, on the other hand, suffered its last loss to Gonzaga, in Tuscaloosa, by ten points. Kentucky looks like it's starting to come together and could be beginning a string of strong outings.

I don't know if that will be enough to come away with the outright win over Alabama on the road, though. Alabama is the No. 8 scoring team in the country and Kentucky's offense, while good, doesn't look like it has the firepower to keep up. They also don't have the defense to stem the Tide. The Wildcats rank 93rd in the country in opponent points per game. Kentucky's recent play and the forever coaching advantage of Coach Calipari lead me to think the Wildcats will keep this one close, but fail to pick up the win.

Final Score Prediction: Kentucky: 71 | Alabama: 74

Alabama vs Kentucky Best Bet

With these two teams averaging a combined roughly 160 points per game, it's curious to see the total sitting at just 147.5 for this one. It's probably evidence of neither team surrendering more than 71 points over their last two games, because both have scored enough to top this total. Neither team has proven to be stout defensively when you look at their numbers and rankings through the first part of the season. So I'm bucking the trend here and taking the under on this lower-than-expected total.

Bet: Under 147.5 (-110)

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