The Kentucky Wildcats and the Kansas State Wildcats will square off in Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The affair will be a battle of Power Conference Wildcats. Affectionately, K-State is known as the Wabash Cannonballs whilst Kentucky is none other than Big Blue. In the last ten years, Kentucky has defeated K-State twice in the two meetings between the two outfits. The fixture will take place on Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 with a scheduled tip-off time of 9:45 PM ET.
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Kentucky has taken care of business as usual and enters by virtue of wins over Davidson and Buffalo. Kansas State comes in off a win against Creighton in the first round followed by a victory over the first-ever surviving #16 seed when they dispatched the UMBC Retrievers by a score of 60-53.
Get more details: Kansas State at Kentucky NCAAB Match-Up
Straight Up and Against the Point Spread Records
Kansas State Wildcats, 24-11 SU, 15-17 ATS
Kentucky Wildcats, 26-10 SU, 15-17 ATS
Kansas State at Kentucky Key Betting Trends
- Over is 9-1 ATS in Kentucky ’s last ten matches.
- Kansas State is 3-2 ATS in their last five fixtures overall.
- Kentucky is 9-1 SU in their previous ten contests overall.
- Kentucky has covered in their last five consecutive markets.
Public Money
Out of the gate, we have seen a lean by the consensus on the Wildcats from the Commonwealth State. As a result, the market has risen by a point to indicate this initial lean. On the contrary, 57% of the cash action is on Kansas State while 80% of the ticket action is with Big Blue. 64% of the consensus also like the Purple Wildcats in public forum capacities. In Over/Under markets, the figure has dropped by two points to indicate action on the Under. On the Money Line, UK enters as a -230 favorite while the Wildcats of K-State are priced at +210.
