CBS Sports Classic Has UCLA and Kentucky in Late Game

CBS Sports Classic Late Game -- Two Teams in Two Different Directions

The UCLA Bruins and the 7th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats will meet in the late game in the CBS Sports Classic on Saturday. The game is being played at Smoothie King Center and CBS Sports has the telecast at 4:30 pm EST.

Oddsmakers opened the Wildcats as -6.5-point favorites versus the Bruins, while the game's total opened at 157. The line has held steady.

The Wildcats (9-1) and Bruins face for the third time in a little over 12 months. Two vastly different teams take the floor than those that met last December in Lexington or in March at the NCAA Tournament.

Gone are UCLA's 2016-17 stars Lonzo Ball, T.J. Leaf and Isaac Hamilton. Add that with the suspension of three freshmen before the season the Bruins are playing with a thin roster. Jalen Hill, Cody Riley and the now-gone from the program LiAngelo Ball were caught stealing in China and were suspended for the season.

Year-to-year roster turnover is standard fare for Kentucky under coach John Calipari. Gone from last season's team are key contributors Malik Monk, Isaiah Briscoe, Bam Adebayo and De'Aaron Fox. They have been replaced by four freshmen.

All of them are scoring in double figures. Forward Kevin Knox is at 15.8 points, guard Hamidou Diallo is at15.2, guard Quade Green is at11 and guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is chipping in 10 ppg.

Green is coming off a 17-point performance in Kentucky's 93-86 win over Virginia Tech a week ago. He debuted a pair of reflective glasses after being poked in the eye earlier in the week.

UCLA struggled with full-court pressure the last two times out. Cincinnati's press forced 15 first-half turnovers last week in their matchup. This year's Kentucky team is pressing more than any Calipari team in a decade.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
UCLA	8-3	3-8	82.82	76.18	6.64	2-5	0-1	6-5	4-3	1-0
Kentucky	9-1	5-5	81.30	69.20	12.1	3-5	0-0	5-5	4-4	0-0

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
UCLA	15.73	13.45	1.17
KENTY	16.50	15.10	1.09

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
UCLA	10.82	30.45	41.27
KENTY	12.20	27.90	40.1

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
UCLA	46.90	41.96	4.94
KENTY	50.34	39.84	10.5

Team Records

UCLA Bruins

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	8-3	7-2	1-1	3-8	2-7	1-1	82.82	76.18	6.64
Last 10	7-3	6-2	1-1	3-7	2-6	1-1	84.80	77.80	7.00
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00

Kentucky Wildcats

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	9-1	9-0	0-1	5-5	4-5	1-0	81.30	69.20	12.10
Last 10	9-1	9-0	0-1	5-5	4-5	1-0	81.30	69.20	12.10
vs Conf	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00

CBS Sports Classic Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	82.82	41	69.20	102
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	81.30	58	76.18	209

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
UCLA	3-3	4-2	3-3	71.00	30.17	43.49	37.50	34/105	4.83
Kentucky	3-3	2-4	3-3	76.33	34.67	41.62	37.50	48/126	5.83

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
Mar 24, 2017	UCLA	75	KENTY	86	1.5	KENTY	167	U	UCLA	KENTY	KENTY	33	36	52.7	49.2	28	29	9/23	10/23	3	5
Dec 3, 2016	UCLA	97	KENTY	92	-11	UCLA	177	O	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	49	45	53	41.3	41	38	10/23	8/24	4	8
Dec 3, 2015	KENTY	77	UCLA	87	6.5	UCLA	144	O	UCLA	UCLA	KENTY	29	37	37.9	52.8	37	38	8/25	5/11	6	5
Dec 20, 2014	UCLA	44	KENTY	83	-15.5	KENTY	136	U	KENTY	KENTY	KENTY	7	41	26.8	50	42	47	5/16	12/26	6	8
Nov 21, 2006	UCLA	73	KENTY	68	3.5	UCLA	137.5	O	KENTY	UCLA	KENTY	38	30	43.9	44	37	33	2/18	6/15	8	3
Dec 6, 2003	KENTY	52	UCLA	50	9.5	UCLA	149	U	UCLA	KENTY	KENTY	27	17	27.1	34	41	39	4/13	3/14	5	3
Nov 10, 2000	UCLA	97	KENTY	92	1	UCLA		O		Push	Push			0	0	0	0	/	/
Nov 28, 1998	KENTY	66	UCLA	62				O		Push	Push			0	0	0	0	/	/
Mar 20, 1998	UCLA	68	KENTY	94	-11	KENTY	163	U		Push	Push			0	0	0	0	/	/

CBS Sports Classic Betting Trends

UCLA Bruins
UCLA is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
UCLA is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games
UCLA is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Kentucky

Kentucky Wildcats
Kentucky is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Kentucky is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kentucky's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Kentucky's last 21 games
Kentucky is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing UCLA

Team Last 5 Games

UCLA Bruins

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 19, 2017	SDKOTA	85-82	W	-7.5	157.5	L/O	45.45	68.00	8	H
Dec 16, 2017	CINCY	63-77	L	4.5	148.5	L/U	41.07	66.67	11	H
Dec 9, 2017	MICH	69-78	L	6.5	145.5	L/O	43.86	71.43	4	A
Dec 3, 2017	DETRT	106-73	W	-21.5	177.5	W/O	52.78	79.17	11	H
Nov 29, 2017	CSBAK	75-66	W	-14.5			45.76	67.86	2	H

Kentucky Wildcats

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 16, 2017	VATEC	93-86	W	-6	157	W/O	48.53	66.67	11	H
Dec 9, 2017	MONMO	93-76	W	-14	144.5	W/O	53.45	75.00	7	H
Dec 2, 2017	HARVD	79-70	W	-18.5	145.5	L/O	46.43	83.33	2	H
Nov 26, 2017	ILCHI	107-73	W	-18.5	144.5	W/O	66.67	67.86	4	H
Nov 22, 2017	IU-FW	86-67	W	-17.5	148.5	W/O	60.00	62.50	5	H

Next up:
UCLA home to Washington State Friday, December 29
Kentucky home to Louisville Friday, December 29

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