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The Davidson-Kentucky betting line should open at Kentucky Wildcats -6.5. Note that both these teams are Wildcats. LIVE ODDS HERE
Number 12 seed Davidson made 16 3-pointers and beat St. Bonaventure, a bubble team, in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament. That was no fluke. Davidson and its highly effective offense entered Sunday's conference tournament title game with a pair of victories over both St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island this season. They were 18-12 Against The Spread and covered in seven of their last ten games overall. They also won eight of ten outright to close out the regular season.
Number 6 seed Kentucky is much closer to the 2013-14 team that entered the SEC Tournament with a 3-4 record in its previous seven games, ESPN.com notes.
That team made an improbable Final Four run. That team, however, also had two certified pros (Julius Randle and Willie Cauley-Stein) who are averaging double figures in the NBA right now, and those Wildcats were also better rim-protectors. This current version of the Wildcats, however, has a similar physical and athletic profile. They're a group of athletes who will lose any 3-point shootout (see: last weekend's Florida loss). Still, they are long, athletic and a handful for most opponents that can't neutralize their personnel with an effective offense and shot-blockers who can challenge the Wildcats in the paint. What does all of this mean? We don't know. And that has been the issue all year with the current collection of Wildcats. Maybe they're gone after one game. Maybe they're still hanging on three weeks from now.
They finish at .500 Against The Spread but covered in seven of the last eight to close out the season.
