{"id":3616,"date":"2009-02-28T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/lsu-kentucky-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-28T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T14:36:00","slug":"lsu-kentucky-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/lsu-kentucky-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU-Kentucky Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The LSU Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Rupp Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Marcus<\/st1:GivenName> Thornton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> dropped 32 points to lead LSU over Florida<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> 81-75 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Louisiana<\/st2:PlaceName> State<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> covered as 4-point home favorites as the teams played over the 151-point total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Patrick<\/st1:GivenName> Patterson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> led Kentucky<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> with 28 points and 12 rebounds in its 77-59 loss to South Carolina<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> on Wednesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
South Carolina<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> covered as 1.5-point home favorites as the game played under the 149-point total posted by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
LSU has won 9 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
LSU: 24-4 SU, 11-9 ATS
Kentucky: 19-9 SU, 12-10-1<\/st2:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LSU most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Vanderbilt are 4-6
After playing Florida are 4-6
After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n

Kentucky most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 8-2
Before playing Georgia are 6-4
After playing South Carolina are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
LSU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
LSU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
LSU is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 11 of LSU’s last 15 games on the road
Kentucky is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against LSU
Kentucky is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing LSU
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kentucky’s last 7 games at home
Kentucky is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LSU home to Vanderbilt<\/st1:Sn>, Wednesday, March 4
Kentucky<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Georgia<\/st2:place><\/st2:country-region><\/st1:GivenName>, Wednesday, March 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The LSU Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Rupp Arena. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Marcus Thornton dropped 32 points to lead LSU over Florida 81-75 on Tuesday night. … Continue reading LSU-Kentucky Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}