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Kentucky vs Mississippi Prediction

Kentucky vs Mississippi Game Information

What: Kentucky vs Mississippi 2/4/2025 College Basketball Picks
When: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 7:00 EST/4:00 PST
Where: The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi
Kentucky vs Ole Miss Line: Ole Miss -3.5
Total: 156.5
TV: ESPN

Kentucky vs Mississippi Preview

No. 14 Kentucky (15-6, 4-4 in SEC) heads to Oxford to face No. 25 Mississippi (16-6, 5-4 in SEC) to The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss on Tuesday night in a Top 25 SEC Conference clash. In their last 5 games, the Wildcats are 2-3, beating Texas A&M by 12 (81-69), losing to Alabama by 5 (102-97), losing at Vanderbilt by 5 also (74-69), beating Tennessee by 5 (78-73), and losing to Arkansas at Home on Saturday by 10 (89-79). In their last 5 games, the Rebels are just 1-4, losing 3 straight at rivals Mississippi State by 3 in OT (84-81), to Texas A&M by 1 by (63-62), and at Missouri by 8 (83-75), beating Texas by 3 (72-69), and then losing to top-ranked Auburn by 10 on Saturday (92-82).

 

 

 

Futures Book Look: Online sportsbook DraftKings has Ole Miss at 90/1 to win the 2025 NCAA Basketball Championship with Kentucky at 30/1. Auburn (+370), Duke (+380), Houston (9/1), Alabama (11/1), Iowa State (14/1), and Tennessee (18/1) are the top six in the updated Futures market. The Rebels are 200/1 with the Wildcats at 150/1 to be the Regular Season winner in the SEC with Auburn the Favorites at -475.

Kentucky Looks to Continue Dominance vs Ole Miss 

Head Coach Mark Pope and No. 14 Kentucky (10-10-1 ATS, 12-9-0 O/U) have 6 players averaging in double-figures in Oklahoma Transfer G Otega Oweh (15.6 PPG, 4.5 RPG), G Jaxson Robinson (13.4 PPG, 3.7 RPG), San Diego State Transfer G Lamont Butler (13.2 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 4.8 APG), G Koby Brea (10.9 PPG, 3.1 RPG), Drexel Transfer C Amari Williams (10.3 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.7 APG), and Wake Forest Transfer F Andrew Carr (10.0 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.2 APG), with Fairleigh Dickinson Transfer Ansley Almonor (6.3 PPG, 2.0 RPG), Oklahoma State Transfer F Brandon Garrison (5.6 PPG, 4.5 RPG), and West Virginia Transfer G Kerr Krisla (4.4 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 3.8 APG) all providing solid support. The Wildcats (+145 Moneyline) average 87.2 PPG (#3) while allowing 76.5 PPG and average 40.3 PPG (#23) and 17.7 APG (#16).

Kentucky Betting Trends

  • Kentucky ranks #3 in the nation in Scoring (87.2 PPG)
  • The Wildcats were 18-15-0 ATS in the 2023-24 season
  • Kentucky is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games vs Ole Miss
  • The Wildcats were Favorites in 8 of their last 10 heading in here 
  • Kentucky is 5-5-0 SU/ATS the last 10 games overall
  • The Wildcats are 1-3-0 SU/ATS in their last 4 overall

Ole Miss Heads in With 4-game ATS Losing Streak

Mississippi (13-9-0 ATS, 9-13-0 O/U) is still clinging to a spot in the Top 25 for now, but expect that to change after 4 Losses in its last 5 games heading into this one in Oxford. The Rebels (-170 Moneyline) are still a good team and should still make the Big Dance with ESPN’s Joe Lunardi currently still having Ole Miss as a No. 6 seed. The Rebels are led by G Sean Pedulla (15.2 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 3.6 APG), G Matthew Murell (11.2 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 2.1 APG), G Jaylen Murray (10.9 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 3.7 APG), F Jaemyn Brakefield (10.8 PPG, 5.0 RPG), G Dre Davis (9.7 PPG, 4.7 RPG), F Malik Dia (9.6 PPG, 5.9 RPG), G Davon Barnes (5.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG), and F Mikeal Brown-Jones (5.0 PPG). Mississippi hasn’t made it to the NCAA Tournament since 2019, where they lost to Oklahoma in the First Round, and the farthest Ole Miss has gone in the Big Dance (5-9 lifetime) is to the Sweet Sixteen back in 2001. Expect, so expect that to change this SEC-heavy season.

Mississippi Betting Trends

  • Mississippi is 5-5-0 SU/ATS in their last 10 games
  • The Under is 6-3-0 in Ole Miss’s last 9 games overall
  • The Rebels are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games
  • Ole Miss is 9-2 SU at Home in Oxford 
  • Mississippi is 0-4-0 ATS in its last 4 games overall

Kentucky vs Mississippi Prediction

In the last 10 series meetings, Kentucky is a dominating 9-1 SU, winning the last 3 in a row but the Rebels are just 5-5-0 ATS, covering the last 2 meetings. The Over is a powerful 7-3-0 in the last 10 series meetings, with the last 4 meetings here at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss all going Over the closing Totals. With the Wildcats such a high-scoring and productive team, both sides a little desperate and this Home Over series Trend in Oxford, this Kentucky vs Mississippi NCAAB pick will back another Over.

Kevin’s Prediction: Kentucky-Mississippi Over 156.5

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