Selection Sunday is right around the corner, meaning every result carries weight for NCAA Tournament seeding, bracket positioning, and bubble teams fighting for their postseason lives.
Kentucky has a 7-6 record against the spread this season when favored by 7.5 points or more. When it has played as at least a 7.5-point underdog this season, LSU is 5-2 against the spread. These two teams average 162.6 points per game combined, 11.1 more than the over/under of 151.5.
In basketball, rudeness is a two-pronged trait: It's being good enough to make a hard game look easy, but more than that, it's being good enough to make your opponent's hard work seem like a waste. It's strutting into a department store, knocking over a stack of neatly folded sweaters, and heading home. What you feel when you watch a defender stay in front of Booker, only for her to rise up and nail a midrange jumper over their head, is overwhelming pity.