Kentucky vs Alabama: College Basketball Picks For March 14, 2025
Kentucky and Alabama clash in a SEC Tournament game on Friday night in college basketball. Get college basketball picks for today around Kentucky vs Alabama battling in a SEC Tournament showdown in Nashville, TN!
Here’s a breakdown of predictions and picks for this SEC Tournament game tipping off at 9:30PM ET on March 14, 2025!
Kentucky vs Alabama Game Details
Date: Friday, March 14, 2025
Time: 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT
Broadcast: SEC Network
Location: Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN
Spread: Alabama -6.5 | Total: 179.5
Kentucky vs Alabama Betting Preview
The SEC was unquestionably the best conference in college basketball this season, but there is a bit of nervousness in the air in Nashville this weekend.
Fans of the SEC use this excuse in football when discussing eight conference games vs nine, but the argument certainly fits in basketball this year: The regular season is already hard, do we really want to add more games?
After playing a grueling 18-game schedule and knowing that the NCAA Tournament is on the horizon, do you actually want to play three (or in Texas’ case…five) games this weekend?
Tennessee won the SEC Tournament in 2022 then was eliminated as a 3-seed in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Alabama won the SEC Tournament in 2023 then was eliminated as a 1-seed in the Sweet Sixteen.
Auburn won the SEC Tournament last year then was eliminated in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament as a 4-seed.
Kentucky has already been dealt a major blow in this event as starting point guard Lamont Butler suffered a shoulder injury in Thursday’s win over Oklahoma. Butler missed some time during the regular season, and the Wildcats saw some notable splits with him on the court and off the court.
Alabama swept the regular season series against Kentucky as Butler played in the first game but missed the second one.
With Butler running the ship, Kentucky scored 97 points on 1.24 points per possession and Butler finished with 17 points and eight assists. In the second meeting without him, Kentucky scored 83 points on 1.04 points per possession.
As soon as Butler got knocked out of yesterday’s game, Oklahoma went on a 10-0 to erase a seven-point hole and take a lead. We’ll use the exact same logic as we did when breaking down the Duke-North Carolina game.
Kentucky vs Alabama Predictions
When these teams met in Lexington in January, the closing total was 179 points. Kentucky is now (likely) missing its starting point guard, this game is being played at a neutral site where Alabama has not played yet and we’re seeing a total on Friday morning that is higher than it was in the first meeting.
It’s certainly not going to be fun to watch this game with an “under” ticket in your pocket, but knowing the recent NCAA Tournament struggles of teams that go deep in Nashville, we wouldn’t fault Nate Oats or Mark Pope for slowing things down on Friday night.
Kentucky vs Alabama Prediction: Under 179.5
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