Probably the most loaded days of the school basketball season to date will come our means on Saturday with the annual SEC/Huge 12 Problem highlighting the weekend motion. The slate will tip early and run all the best way into the night time culminating with a no. 9 Kansas at Kentucky matchup at 8 pm ET to shine off the slate.
The Huge 12 has rated as the highest convention in faculty hoops this season after ranking No. 1 final season, however the SEC carries some bragging rights into the weekend having gained every of the final two challenges after forcing a tie within the sequence in 2019-20. The Huge 12 nonetheless has a 4-3 edge in profitable the occasion since its inception in 2013-14 (there have been two years by which the leagues tied) in addition to a 48-41 general document. However the SEC has been up for the problem on this occasion and has some favorable matchups to doubtlessly be the primary league to three-peat for the reason that Huge 12 did so the primary three years.
Our consultants have picks and predictions for the day’s largest video games right here.
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Featured Recreation | Mississippi State Bulldogs vs TCU Horned Frogs
4 p.m. | ESPN2, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — This TCU crew is red-hot coming off double-digit wins over Kansas and OU so I like them to maintain it rolling on the highway in opposition to a bottom-tier SEC membership. The Bulldogs have stayed aggressive at the same time as their 11-0 begin has slipped to a 12-8 document so I do count on this one can be shut, however using the new hand right here with the Horned Frogs. Prediction: TCU -2 — Boone
Featured Recreation | Baylor Bears vs Arkansas Razorbacks
4 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — Vomte Davis has emerged as a difference-maker for Arkansas of late with Ricky Council IV slumping a bit and no. 1 general recruit Nick Smith Jr. nonetheless sidelined with a knee damage, however this Arkansas backcourt can be overmatched by Baylor and its three-headed backcourt trio of Keyonte George, LJ Cryer and Adam Flagler in Waco. These two groups are going reverse instructions so I am going to take the one which’s surging of late. Prediction: Baylor -6 — Boone
Featured Recreation | Tennessee Volunteers vs. Texas Longhorns
6 pm | ESPN, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — One other upset decide. Assume this has an opportunity to be the very best recreation of the weekend. Texas has a top-shelf offense and it goes on the highway to face a Tennessee crew constructed round its No. 1-ranked protection. My concern is whether or not or not the Vols have the horses to maintain up with the Horns. Tennessee hasn’t had that downside of late however this Texas crew is in-built such a means that it might pull off this win even in a highway spot. Prediction: Texas +7.5 — Boone
Featured Recreation | Kansas State Wildcats vs. Florida Gators
6 pm | ESPN2, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — Kansas State has but to lose at dwelling all season underneath first-year coach Jerome Tang and that streak will not finish this weekend with Florida rolling into the Octagon of Doom. The Wildcats are 8-3 ATS at dwelling this season, too, so I like laying the quantity with them on this spot. Prediction: Kansas State -5 — Boone
No. 9 Kansas at Kentucky
Featured Recreation | Kentucky Wildcats vs Kansas Jayhawks
8 pm | ESPN, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — Probably the most fascinating components of the Kentucky-Kansas matchup is how KU’s undersized strategy within the entrance courtroom will fare in opposition to UK’s inside monster Oscar Tshiebwe. Whereas UK has grown extra versatile and versatile defensively amid a task discount for undersized level guard Sahvir Wheeler, the Wildcats have not performed an offensive as dynamic as Kansas’ since getting torched by Alabama on Jan. 7. If the Jayhawks can use their undersized groupings to attract Tshiebwe away from basket and drive Kentucky to protect gamers like Jalen Wilson, Gradey Dick and Kevin McCullar 1-on-1 off the dribble, it could possibly be a protracted night time for UK. Prediction: Kansas +1 — David Cobb
Featured Recreation | Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Ole Miss Rebels
8 pm | ESPN2, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — This Oklahoma State crew’s bought some sass to it and appears prefer it could possibly be a sneaky second-weekend crew with the best way it may well play in and out with veteran guard play and a difference-making pair of bigs in Kalib Boone and Moussa Cisse. I just like the Pokes to drag this one off in a detailed one. Prediction: Ole Miss +10 — Boone
12 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (attempt without cost) — Kicking off the predictions with an upset decide! Auburn’s a fiesty bunch that may play each in and out by means of Wendell Inexperienced and Johni Broome. West Virginia’s a tricky out, particularly in Morgantown, however expertise for expertise I believe I just like the Tigers by a smidge to make this shut and probably pull off the upset within the first recreation of the day. Prediction: Auburn +4 — Boone
Featured Recreation | Oklahoma Sooners vs Alabama Crimson Tide
2 pm | ESPN, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — Alabama’s blown some actually good groups within the sport out this season — amongst them Kentucky, Missouri different Michigan State — however I believe OU retains this one shut. This Crimson Tide crew hasn’t misplaced since mid-December nevertheless it has flirted with defeat a number of instances in latest outings. The Sooners and their depth at dwelling will preserve it tight and inside the quantity. Prediction: Oklahoma +6 — Boone
Featured Recreation | LSU Tigers vs Texas Tech Purple Raiders
2 pm | ESPNU, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — LSU has misplaced seven-straight and Texas Tech has misplaced eight-straight, so this one on paper appears to be a fairly even matchup of struggling groups. However throughout that span the Purple Raiders have not less than been aggressive whereas the Tigers getting blown out by a median of 24.8 factors per recreation in its final 4. I am fading LSU till it reveals it does not should be light. Prediction: Texas Tech -3 — Boone
Featured Recreation | Missouri Tigers vs Iowa State Cyclones
2 pm | ESPN2, fuboTV (Attempt without cost) — Fairly evenly-matched recreation right here between ISU and Mizzou — actually good protection from the Cyclones vs. a very good offense from the Tigers — so I am simply going to lean the house crew. The one losses Missouri has taken on its dwelling ground this season had been to potential No. 1 seed in Kansas and Alabama so if I am getting factors for the house crew I’ll take it. Prediction: Missouri +1.5 — Boone
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