Alabama at Kentucky: How to watch, odds, predictions from ESPN, KenPom

No. 4 Kentucky (21-5) hosts No. 25 Alabama (17-9) Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. Here’s how to watch, odds, ESPN BPI predictions and KenPom game predictions as well for both teams ahead of Saturday’s ranked SEC conference showdown.

How to watch No. 4 Kentucky at No. 25 Alabama

Time: 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT

Channel: CBS

Location: Lexington, KY

Odds

The Wildcats have maintained 6.5-7-point favorites since 6:01 p.m. ET Friday night, according to VI’s consensus line movements. These odds are current as of 10:30 a.m. ET Saturday morning.

Money line: Kentucky -300, Alabama +240.

Spread: Kentucky -7, -110. Alabama +7, -110.

Total: Over/Under 155.5, -110.

Check out the rest of Vegas’ odds ahead of Monday’s college game day slate.

ESPN BPI predictions 

Matchup quality: 82.8%

Win probability: Kentucky, 85.5%

Predicted point differential: 12.3

‘The College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team’s W-L record is to achieve. 

Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day’s rest and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily,’ per ESPN.

For the rest of ESPN’s BPI predictions, click here.

KenPom predictions

Score prediction: Kentucky 84, Alabama 74. 

Win probability: Kentucky, 82%. 

Check out the rest of KenPom’s predictions for Alabama at Kentucky, and the rest of college basketball here.

No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 25 Alabama Preview

Kentucky’s six-game winning streak was ended Tuesday night in Knoxville after the Wildcats dropped their rematch against Tennessee 76-63 in their worst loss of the 2021-22 season. During that win streak, however, Kentucky took down Alabama in Tuscaloosa 66-55 on Feb. 5.

Five Wildcats scored in double figures in their first matchup, four of which scored 10 points (Oscar Tshiebwe, Keion Brooks, Kellan Grady, Daimion Collins) while TyTy Washington scored a game-high 15 points. The only difference this time — Washington won’t be on the court due to an ankle injury.

What Alabama needs to improve on this go around is its shooting. In their first meeting, the Crimson Tide shot an abysmal 18-64 (28.1 percent), including 3-30 (10 percent) from beyond the arc. The only member of the Tide’s squad to score more than eight points was seven-foot freshman Charles Bediako, who notched 12 points on 4-4 shooting.