Ku, Uk line.
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I don't think so, I think it's just overconfidence in Kansas and people seeing headline tweets that we are missing all 3 of our 7-footers tonight.
I expect Thiero to play.
I expect Thiero to play.
Thiero is probably playing, it’s more to do with Kentucky missing everybody else
Folks on these boards ascribe way too much “all knowing” credit to Vegas.
Most likely what happened was simply that too much action was being bet on Kansas, so the bean counters adjusted the line to get more people to bet on UK. Because that’s the way Vegas books make the most money: by setting the line at a number where you get an even number of bets on both sides, which guarantees them maximum commission regardless of who wins.
But, of course, message board posters always wanna instead believe something more “inside” and nefarious is going on.
I mean, we have zero bigs. I can see why people would be pounding Kansas. Plus they've looked really good the 1st 2 games.
Tonight’s game seems like a perfect storm for us to win without our 7 footers. The line seems low for a team playing the #1 team without it’s bigs playing.
I just put 20 on the cats to cover on the over @ 70.5
I figure if we lose, we will still cover that.
I figure if we lose, we will still cover that.
Correct me if I'm wrong but our track record for early season games vs ranked opponents is horrible.
It is horrible since 2016. Idk about overall but 2009 to 2015 aren't really relevant at this point.
Yes they did. Who knows who played or how hard, though.
I wouldn't trade rosters with Kansas, especially when we get our centers back. And I'm not saying that we can't win, but we are without bigs, so the smart money should be on Kansas to win. Just my opinion.
Have you seen Cal's overall record against ranked teams since the start of the 2016 season?
HD played in that game. And apparently Illinois doesn't have a dude over 7' either. So hope is not lost. If our guards play well, we can win.
The more money that goes in for KU, makes UK’s chances to win go up accordingly!
Kansas to win and both teams to score 60 is -170 on 365. Good parlay leg. Would be nice to lose the Kansas part!
I'm gonna steer clear of betting tonight. I just want to watch the games. I'm not above betting against UK if I feel thats what will happen. I had a pretty successful weekend betting football and I'm gonna hang on to my winnings. Still gotta get a feel for who is about what in college basketball. Good luck to all of yall wagering tonight. Make that money!
I need to find out what SacramentoCat bet and do the exact opposite!
This is almost always the case, Vegas rarely ever has inside info. It’s usually the guys with inside info that bet huge money to shift the odds, that Vegas gets the credit for.
That's why I posted what I posted man....
23-25 against teams ranked in the Top 25 and 1-9 in their last ten.
I'm going in on NBA and NHL only tonight. Took a hit this weekend with Baltimore and Cincinnati. Gotta recover with some nba money. Good games all over the board though. Cats by 2...
Ky has lost 5 out the last 6 champions classic games could have something to do with it
Per the Vegas Insider website, 64% of the money is on UK to cover currently. When I looked at 9 AM this morning, 72% of the money was on UK to cover.
It’s usually a red flag if money is coming in on a team and the line moves in the opposite direction.
It’s usually a red flag if money is coming in on a team and the line moves in the opposite direction.
People get too caught up looking at the NBA potential, and not the college players they are. Elmarko Jackson is projected late lottery, their only 1st rd pick, and he is by far the weakest link in the starting 5.
Uk will have the 3 of the 4 most draft able players (along with Jackson). That has little to do with how they perform tonight. The 3 best college players are HD, Harris and McCullars, that is why the line is ku -7.
Our record since 2016 vs ranked opponents has no bearing on the outcome of this game.
Our record overall from 2010 vs ranked opponents also has absolutely no bearing on the outcome of this game.
Our team changes drastically year in and year out. I can't think of a more meaningless thing to do than to say our record and using that as some kind of argument whether we win/lose this game.
This argument takes so many forms and not just UK.
X team never did this so they can't do this in the future.
Or Y team always does this so they are going to continue to do so.
Now we are missing 3 bigs. We probably lost this game. But what makes sports great IMO is the unpredictability of it all.
Our record overall from 2010 vs ranked opponents also has absolutely no bearing on the outcome of this game.
Our team changes drastically year in and year out. I can't think of a more meaningless thing to do than to say our record and using that as some kind of argument whether we win/lose this game.
This argument takes so many forms and not just UK.
X team never did this so they can't do this in the future.
Or Y team always does this so they are going to continue to do so.
Now we are missing 3 bigs. We probably lost this game. But what makes sports great IMO is the unpredictability of it all.
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