Nov 15 NCAA Basketball Odds: No 13 Kansas at No 2 Kentucky

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Frank Martin

Nov 15 NCAA Basketball Odds: No 13 Kansas at No 2 Kentucky

The two winningest programs in Division I square off when No. 13 Kansas Jayhawks and No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats meet in the State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden.

Kentucky (2,053 wins) will try to add to its relatively slim lead over Kansas (2,039 wins) on the all-time victory list. Both teams rolled to easy victories in their openers, Kansas routing Towson 100-54 in the EA Sports Maui Invitational and Kentucky rolling Marist 108-58.

- #13 Kansas Jayhawks @ #2 Kentucky Wildcats
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
TV: 9:30 p.m. ET, ESP

The Wildcats have opened as 7-point favorites on SBG Global Sportsbook’s Live NCAA Basketball Odds.

Kansas Jayhawks (1-0): The Jayhawks return only one full-time starter in guard Tyshawn Taylor, but they certainly aren't short on talent. Junior forward Thomas Robinson showed the force he is capable of being with 18 points, 11 rebounds and four assists against Towson. Junior guard Travis Releford scored 14 points, and 7-foot center Jeff Withey had 10 points and four blocked shots. Kansas will have to nurse along some of its younger, less experienced players, but an eighth straight Big 12 title is not out of the question.

Kentucky Wildcats (1-0): The Wildcats have another crop of stellar freshmen with point guard Marquis Teague, 6-10 forward Anthony Davis, 6-7 swingman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and 6-9 forward Kyle Wiltjer. Add to the mix sophomores Doron Lamb (12.3 ppg) and Terrence Jones (15.7 ppg, 8.8 rpg), who returned rather than jumping to the NBA, and the Wildcats should be poised for a deep run. In a testament to their depth, the Wildcats had five players score in double figures against Marist, and Jones wasn't one of them. Davis made a huge splash in his debut, putting up 23 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots. Teague added 16 points to go along with 15 apiece from Lamb and Kidd-Gilchrist and 14 from Wiltjer.

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1. The meeting will mark the first between head coach Bill Self and John Calipari since Self's Kansas team beat Calipari's Memphis squad 75-68 in overtime in the national championship game on April 7, 2008.

2. The teams last met in the second round of the 2007 NCAA tournament, with Kansas winning 88-76 in Chicago. Kentucky leads the all-time series 19-6, but Kansas has won the last three meetings.

3. The Wildcats will be the highest-ranked team Kansas has faced since beating No. 2 Memphis in the national title game in 2007 and the highest-ranked regular-season opponent since the Jayhawks beat No. 1 Florida in the 2006 Las Vegas Invitational.

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