Pedro Oliveira
A battle of college basketball blue-blood programs is coming right up for hoops fans down in Lexington, with the Kansas Jayhawks taking on the Kentucky Wildcats at Rupp Arena.
Read on for more about this Kansas vs Kentucky matchup in the 2022-23 college basketball season, including the latest odds, pick, and prediction to win this showdown, as brought to you by JefeBet.
Predictions and Betting Preview for the Kansas Jayhawks vs Kentucky Wildcats College Basketball Game on January 28, 2023
- Where: Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky
- When: Saturday, January 28, 2023, 8:00 PM ET
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Betting on the Kansas Jayhawks
- Regular Season Record: 16-4
The Jayhawks have slipped down to the fifth spot in the Big 12 conference, thanks to three consecutive losses. Bill Self’s team is truly feeling the toughness of Big 12 basketball, but the Jayhawks will be facing a non-conference opponent up next in the form of Kentucky.
Kansas is coming off a 75-69 road loss to #17 Baylor Bears in a game that saw the Jayhawks commit a total of 15 turnovers. They are a much better team than that. After all, they are the reigning and defending national champions. Led by Jalen Wilson (21.4 PPG) and Gradey Dick (14.8 (PPG), Kansas has the firepower to surprise Kentucky in Lexington. The total has hit the Under in three of the Jayhawks’ last four games.
Betting on the Kentucky Wildcats
- Regular Season Record: 14-6
Kentucky is also fifth in the conference standings with a 5-3 SEC record, so far this season. The Wildcats have seemingly gotten it together after losses to the Alabama Crimson Tide and the South Carolina Gamecocks, as they have won three in a row since including a huge victory over the #2 Tennessee Volunteers on the road on Jan. 14 to the tune of a 63-56 score.
Oscar Tshiebwe is arguably the scariest college player in the world right now. A double-double machine, Tshiebwe is averaging 16.6 points and 13.9 rebounds per game this season while posting a 58.7 eFG% and 61.1 TS%. Rebounding is a strength of this Kansas team that is 16th in the nation with 39.4 boards per contest. Kentucky is 4-0 ATS in its last four games.
JefeBet Prediction
It’s hard to trust Kansas at the moment after the losses it just had, but things should start looking up for the Jayhawks. Again, they are too good of a team to be this bad for so long. Taking Kansas to win.
Prediction: Kansas wins by 2 points.
