Mississippi St. +18 GO
I don't know where this line come from I guess some computer rankings might make MSU look bad because of a few bad games and the fact that all 3 of their top players have missed games due to suspension. All three of these guys could potentially play in the NBA. The first 13 games of the season you can pretty much throw out because Dee Bost was out. Bost is the best player that will take the floor and it is not like he is a one man team. Kentucky guys may be better pros because they are freshmen but that does not matter tonight.
Both of these teams are 5-5 in conference and this is supposed to be a total mismatch
Yes Kentucky has played better at home but they do not have the elite homecourt advantage others schools do this disparity between road and home should not keep up.
Miss St. lost two games at the buzzer to a much better Kentucky team last year, and have about the same talent level that they had last year.
MSU is inconsistent sometimes but they can play bad and still easily cover this big line. Their last two games on national TV they beat Ole Miss and Florida outright as significant underdogs, this does not seem like the spot where they greatly underachieve.
Plus John Calipari teams are historically horrific at covering huge spreads, I remember when I first started gambling Memphis would be say -19 and they are up 15 at the half and then they are -7.5 for the 2nd half and all the pros would just pound the 2nd half line because they knew Memphis would not cover the 19, the juice at pinnacle would fly up to like -145 on a halftime it was crazy, and of course they did not cover the game line happened multiple times. This game is probably rigged but does not need to be because it should go down to the wire.
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Kentucky 71 Miss. St. 66