State Farm Champions Classic: Kentucky Vs. Kansas

State Farm Champions Classic Late Game is Kentucky Vs. Kansas

The fans at United Center will host the nightcap of the State Farm Champions Classic.  The 7th-Ranked Kentucky Wildcats and the 4th-Ranked Kansas Jayhawks take to the court in a classic matchup between NCAA powerhouse programs.

The event brings together four of college basketball's all-time great programs for an early-season doubleheader. It began in 2011 with a random pairing of teams.

Oddsmakers opened the Jayhawks as -3.5-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game's total opened at 155. Kansas is now a 5-point favorite and the total has dropped to 152.

Jayhawks Ready for Talented Kentucky in the Champions Classic

Kansas has played just one game, a 92-56 rout of Tennessee State at home on Friday.

Senior Devonte' Graham paced the Jayhawks with 10 points. He chipped in seven rebounds and a career-best 12 assists. The Sr. came up three boards shy of his first triple-double. The Jayhawks also picked up a double-double from freshman Marcus Garrett. He had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Junior guard Legervald Vick was Kansas' leading scorer with 23 points. Senior guard Svi Mykhailiuk chipped in 15 points. Sophomore Udoka Azubuike had 13 and sophomore Malik Newton scored 12.

Freshman forward Billy Preston sat out a one-game suspension for missing curfew and a class.

Wildcats have Their Hands Full in Champions Classic

Kentucky was a 73-69 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Vermont Catamounts. They failed to cover the -12.5-point spread as favorites.

Kentucky have their hands full just worrying about their freshman-dominated team. Especially defense from his guards Quade Green and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Kentucky owns victories over Utah Valley and Vermont.

Freshman Hamidou Diallo leads the Wildcats in scoring at 17.0 points per game. Freshman Kevin Knox is at 11.5 and freshman P.J. Washington at 11.0. Knox is the top rebounder at 7.0 per game.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Kentucky	2-0	0-2	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-2	0-2	0-0
Kansas	1-0	1-0	0	0	0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
KENTY	0	0	0
KANSA	0	0	0

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
KENTY	0	0	0
KANSA	0	0	0

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
KENTY	0	0	0
KANSA	0	0	0

Team Records

Kentucky Wildcats

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	2-0	2-0	0-0	0-2	0-2	0-0	73.00	66.00	7.00
Last 10	2-0	2-0	0-0	0-2	0-2	0-0	73.00	66.00	7.00
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00

Kansas Jayhawks

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	92.00	56.00	36.00
Last 10	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	92.00	56.00	36.00
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	73.00	172	56.00	47
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	92.00	55	66.00	108

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Kentucky	3-5	3-5	2-6	69.00	32.38	41.06	36.88	51/167	6.63
Kansas	5-3	5-3	2-6	69.88	31.00	41.39	37.75	43/126	6.50

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Jan 28, 2017	KANSA	79	KENTY	73	-7	KANSA	168	U	KANSA	KENTY	KENTY	27	32	50	47.3	34	35	5/19	8/20	9	5
Jan 30, 2016	KENTY	84	KANSA	90	-5.5	KANSA	150	O	KENTY	KANSA	KANSA	46	40	53.2	46.4	31	42	5/23	8/17	10	5
Nov 18, 2014	KENTY	72	KANSA	40	7	KENTY	140	U	KENTY	KENTY	KENTY	38	28	43.1	19.6	47	42	6/18	3/15	5	5
Apr 2, 2012	KANSA	59	KENTY	67	-6	KENTY	138.5	U	KENTY	KENTY	KENTY	27	41	35.5	41.1	35	43	5/11	6/14	6	4
Nov 15, 2011	KANSA	65	KENTY	75	-6	KENTY	148	U	KENTY	KANSA	KENTY	28	28	33.9	51	39	34	4/15	7/15	10	5
Mar 18, 2007	KENTY	76	KANSA	88	-8	KANSA	139.5	O	KANSA	KENTY	Push	30	36	41.4	56.6	29	24	10/26	10/16	5	7
Jan 7, 2006	KENTY	46	KANSA	73	-4.5	KANSA	132.5	U	KANSA	KANSA	KANSA	19	41	24.2	50	35	45	3/25	4/17	6	6
Jan 9, 2005	KANSA	65	KENTY	59	-6.5	KANSA	141	U	KANSA	Push	KENTY	21	25	39.6	30.9	41	41	4/16	6/26	4	13
Mar 14, 1999	KANSA	88	KENTY	92	-7	KANSA	137	O		Push	Push			0	0	0	0	/	/
Dec 1, 1998	KANSA	45	KENTY	63	1	KENTY		O		Push	Push			0	0	0	0	/	/

Champions Classic Betting Trends

Kentucky Wildcats
Kentucky is 1-3-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Kentucky is 16-1 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kentucky's last 5 games
Kentucky is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Kansas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kentucky's last 5 games when playing Kansas

Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Kansas is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas's last 7 games
Kansas is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Kentucky
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas's last 5 games when playing Kentucky

Team Last 5 Games

Kentucky Wildcats

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Nov 12, 2017	VERMT	73-69	W	-12.5	146	L/U	46.43	78.26	3	H
Nov 10, 2017	UTVAL	73-63	W	-20	155.5	L/U	39.39	69.57	5	H
Mar 26, 2017	UNC	73-75	L	2	161	P/U	41.54	63.16	7	A
Mar 24, 2017	UCLA	86-75	W	1.5	167	W/U	49.21	82.35	10	H
Mar 19, 2017	WICHI	65-62	W	-3	148.5	P/U	41.82	66.67	7	H

Kansas Jayhawks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Nov 10, 2017	TN.ST	92-56	W	-27	145.5	W/O	60.00	72.73	12	H
Mar 25, 2017	OREG	60-74	L	-6.5	157.5	L/U	35.00	76.47	5	H
Mar 23, 2017	PURDU	98-66	W	-5	155.5	W/O	54.84	68.18	15	H
Mar 19, 2017	MICHS	90-70	W	-7.5	148.5	W/O	53.12	93.33	8	H
Mar 17, 2017	UCDAV	100-62	W	-22.5	144	W/O	56.25	85.00	11	H

Next up:
Kentucky home to East Tennessee State Friday, November 17
Kansas home to South Dakota State Friday, November 17

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