PGA Championship Prediction
The PGA pros head to Louisville, Kentucky this week and the Valhalla Golf Club – scene of the 2008 Ryder Cup to play the 2014 PGA Championship. .
The PGA pros head to Louisville, Kentucky this week and the Valhalla Golf Club – scene of the 2008 Ryder Cup to play the 2014 PGA Championship. .
After bringing in arguably the greatest recruiting class ever and being named the top team in the country in the preseason AP poll, the expectations placed on the Kentucky Wildcats were high.
The ninth-seeded Kansas State Wildcats and the eighth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats will tip off in Midwest Region play in the late game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
The Kentucky Wildcats will face off with the top-ranked Florida Gators in the SEC title game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Sunday.
The Wildcats have underwhelmed this season but at least they did not flameout in the SEC Tounament.
The Razorbacks beat the Wildcats in overtime earlier this season, and will look to improve their chances of an NCAA Tournament berth by doing it again, when No. 18 Kentucky host unranked Arkansas on Thursday.
Kentucky is 11-10-2 ATS with an O/U record of 8-13-1 and Ole Miss is 8-10-3 ATS with an O/U record of 10-10.
The third-ranked Florida Gators will make the trip out to Lexington on Saturday for a date with the 14th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats as college basketballās Rivalry Week continues.
The 11th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats will make the trip over to Baton Rouge to take on SEC rival the LSU Tiger.
The Wildcats are feeling good entering SEC play using that win against Louisville as a springboard to conference play.
The sixth-ranked Louisville Cardinals will make the trip to over to Lexington and to legendary Rupp Arena where they will take on their in-state rivals, the 18th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats in a matchup of the last two national champions.
The number 11 ranked Kentucky Wildcats travel to Chapel Hill to take on the number 18 Tar Heels of North Carolina.
Kentucky Wildcats (8-2) @ North Carolina Tar Heels (6-2)
When: Saturday, December 14th, 2013, 5:15 ET PM
Where: Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Broadcast: ESPN
Spread: North Carolina -3
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The Kentucky Wildcats take on their third big test of the year and they are hoping third time is a charm. In their first test Michigan State got out of the gate early and Kentucky never really recovered. In their second test they played Baylor, and it was a back and forth game, but they came up on the short end of the stick.
Now, they play a North Carolina Tar Heels team that has been up and down so far in the young season. In their third game of the season – as -14 point favorites – the Belmont Bears ended up upsetting the Tar Heels at home. But, North Carolina would bounce back by beating the Richmond Spiders and going into Louisville, Kentucky, and beating the Louisville Cardinals as 10 point underdogs.
The good vibrations didn’t last long though as North Carolina ended upĀ getting upset once again, this time on the road to UAB. But, once again, North Carolina would bounce back as 10 point underdogs and beat the Michigan State Spartans on the road.
North Carolina in their last 5 games North Carolina has won straight up in 4 of those games and ATS they are 4-1 as well. Kentucky in their last five games are 4-1 straight up and 2-3 ATS.
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Key Players: Freshman Kentucky forward Julius Randle has had a great season so far. He’s averaging 17.8 points per game, and 12 rebounds a game. Freshman guard James Young has been very dynamic himself he’s averaged 13.9 points per game and in his last game he scored 21 points and pulled down 9 rebounds. Freshman guards Aaron Harrison and Andrew Harrison are having pretty identical season. Aaron Harrison is scoring 13.8 points per game and Andrew Harrison is scoring 10.3 points per game.
On the other side, sophomore guard Marcus Paige is averaging a team high 18.8 points per game, averaging 3.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game. Sophomore forward Brice Johnson is pulling down a team high 6.9 rebounds per game and scoring 13.6 points per game. Last, but not least, junior forward James Michael McAdoo is scoring 13.0 points per game, and averaging 5.9 rebounds per game.
All in all, this should be a good game. Both of Kentucky’s losses have come against top 25 teams in the Michigan State Spartans and the Baylor Bears. North Carolina is a top 25 team as well and while they have had a couple of bad losses, they have two great wins as well. It seems as though North Carolina gets up for these big games. I’m looking for North Carolina to get up for this game and they get the job done versus the very talented, but not yet tournament ready Kentucky Wildcats.
Pick: North Carolina Tar Heels -3
Boise State is looking like an emerging basketball program. Last year they made the tournament and this year they are off to a perfect start so far.
The Georgia Bulldogs will look to rebound from their devastating loss to the Auburn Tigers last week. The Kentucky Wildcats will look to pounce and take advantage of a Bulldogs team that might come in a bit vulnerable.
Missouri may have stumbled once this season but they can still have a fantastic year if they can close out strong.
Both the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Kentucky Wildcats will be coming off a bye when they meet up under the lights on Thursday night. Mississippi State has won each of the last four meetings between the teams, including double-digit victories in each of the last two seasons.