Kentucky opens as road underdog against Mississippi State

Kentucky will head to Starkville because the underdog for the primary time in over a month.

The Wildcats (16-9; 7-5 SEC) have opened up as 2.5-point underdogs for Wednesday night time’s street matchup towards the Mississippi State Bulldogs (17-8; 5-7 SEC), in response to The Motion Community. The over/beneath has been set at 127.5. Kentucky has not been an underdog getting into a sport since upsetting Tennessee in Knoxville again on Jan. 14. UK was an 11.5-point ‘canine heading into that matchup earlier than successful 63-56.

Following that win over Tennessee, Kentucky went on to cowl in three straight video games however has since gone 2-3 towards the unfold, together with back-to-back losses towards Arkansas and Georgia the place the ‘Cats got here in as 5.5-point and seven.0-point favorites, respectively. UK is at present 10-15-0 towards the unfold this season. In the meantime, Mississippi State has coated in six straight outings and is 13-11-1 on the season towards the unfold. The Bulldogs will deliver a five-game successful streak into Humphrey Coliseum on Wednesday night time.

Taking a look at ESPN’s Matchup Predictor, Kentucky has only a 39 p.c probability of pulling off the victory. The minds over at BartTorvik and KenPom aren’t any greater on the ‘Cats, giving them only a 32 and 37 p.c probability, respectively, to beat the Bulldogs.

The damage standing of key rotational guards CJ Fredrick and Sahvir Wheeler remains to be up within the air as we sit roughly 24 hours till tipoff, which is probably going serving to give MSU the betting edge. Neither participant has been formally dominated out, however they didn’t observe on Monday and had been questionable for Tuesday’s observe. No matter whether or not or not they’re in a position to go, Kentucky is dealing with a must-win scenario with the staff’s NCAA Event hopes hanging within the stability.

Easy methods to Watch Kentucky vs. Mississippi State

• Date: 8:30 EST, Wednesday, Feb. 15
• Location: Humphrey Coliseum (Starkville, MS)
• TV Channel: SEC Community (Roy Philpott, Mark Clever)
• Stream: WatchESPN, ESPN+
• Residence Radio: Tom Leach and Jack Givens, UK Sports activities Community (630 WLAP, 840 WHAS)
• Satellite tv for pc Radio: Sirius 137 or 190, SXM App 961

The KSR crew will get you prepared for the matchup with the KSR Pregame Present, which airs LIVE from KSBar and Grille at 6:00 p.m. EST on 630 WLAP, 840 WHAS, or iHeart Radio. Drew Franklin and Ryan Lemond are holding down the fort in Matt Jones’ absence.