00:00 the game.
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00:02 >>LSU and Kentucky.
00:05 Now the Cats have won three straight games on the road.
00:09 Kentucky's favored by six and a half points in Baton Rouge tonight.
00:13 Total was at 164 and a half.
00:15 I think I'm a market mover, Donnie.
00:17 I bet it down to 162 and a half where it stands right now with a little bit of juice on the
00:23 over.
00:24 Is that 163 and a half is where the number opened up?
00:28 It's worked its way in both directions here on this Wednesday morning.
00:31 >>Yeah, it should be an interesting game to see a play out because we are expecting tempo
00:35 and quite frankly, that tempo usually comes from the Kentucky side.
00:38 You're sort of pulling themselves back up here.
00:40 One of those teams that I'm looking forward to heading into March Madness and more particularly
00:44 here the SEC Conference Tournament.
00:46 But if you're taking a look at why we expect so many shots to get off here tonight, LSU's
00:50 defense not great.
00:52 Kentucky's defense not great and particularly at turning the basketball over.
00:55 14 teams here, Ben, as we just said here in the SEC.
00:58 11th at turning it over is LSU, 12th at turning it over is Kentucky, which means these offenses
01:04 should be able to operate and get their shots off.
01:06 And also when we take a look at shots, did you know Kentucky, number one in SEC play
01:10 at making the three-point shot as a team at close to 40%?
01:14 But they also don't rely on for three-point range.
01:17 They're about middling here when they're scoring inside the paint here.
01:20 Fifth overall in conference play, but taking a look at LSU as well, number three, Ben,
01:23 in conference play, making the three-point shot at 37%.
01:26 And again, right around that mid-level, sixth to seventh in conference play at actually
01:31 taking three-point shot attempts here.
01:33 If the threes go down, we'll get some points in this game, but I do like the tempo alone
01:37 with extra opportunities.
01:39 We're not looking at two defenses that are really going to clamp down and say, "Hey,
01:41 you know what?
01:42 We're going to steal possessions here."
01:43 Those shots would fall free tonight and we're probably looking at close to that total points.
01:47 But I do like Kentucky in this game as well.
01:49 I think they're coming on at the right time of the season.
01:52 Winners have a couple, what, three out of the past four, whereas LSU has lost three
01:55 of their past four.
01:56 Give me Kentucky in this game and I think we get the tempo as well for a possible total.
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