Vanderbilt vs Kentucky 3/11/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 03/11/2022 at 10:59 AM ET

Vanderbilt vs Kentucky  3/11/22 - College Basketball  Picks & Predictions

This Friday night March 11th, 2022 8:30pm EDT the NCAAM hoops action is back at cha folks. We've got the Vanderbilt Commodores in Tampa FL to face the Kentucky Wildcats in the Anelie Arena. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!

Vanderbilt Commodores are 17-15, 7-11 in conference, sitting in 5th place in the SEC East. Offensively the Commodores are averaging 68.6 points, 34.3 rebounds and 11 assists. Defensively the Commodore are allowing 65.3 points, and are averaging 3 blocks and 7.4 steals.

Key players for the Commodores are Scottie Pippen Jr averaging 19.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists and Jordan Wright averaging 12.3 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.9 assists.

The Kentucky Wildcats are 25-6 14-4 in conference, sitting in 1st place in the SEC East. Offensively the Wildcats are averaging 8.1 points, 40.3 rebounds and 16.2 assists. Defensively the Widlcats are allowing 65.7 points, and are averaging 4 blocks and 6.9 steals.

Key players for the Wildcats are Oscar Tshiebwe averaging 16.4 points, 15.3 rebounds and 15.3 assists and S Wheeler averaging 9.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 7.2 assists.

The oddsmakers have completely missed the mark on the line in this game. While the Wildcats outscore the Commodores by 10 points these teams are evenly matched on defense. And we think that will help the Commodores keep this game closer than the spread indicates. The Commodores are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games and 13-6-1 ATS in there last 20 against the Wildcats. The best bet is VANDY +12.5. Final score prediction the Kentucky Wildcats win the Vanderbilt Commodores cover the spread and the total stays under 66-65.