March Madness: Wake Forest looks to upset No. 1 Kentucky
By Chico Rodriguez • Mar 19th, 2010 • Category: NCAABThe Wake Forest Demon Deacons will try to take down the mighty No. 1-seeded Kentucky Wildcats in a second-round East region tilt on Saturday night at the New Orleans Arena (8:15 pm ET, CBS).
Kentucky is a 9-point favorite and the over/under total is 142.5 in NCAA Tournament Betting at JustBet.
No. 9 seed Wake Forest got into a track meet with the No. 8 seed Texas Longhorns on Thursday in the first round, eventually pulling it off with a basket in the dying seconds to secure a 81-80 win.
Wake Forest won the game as a 5.5-point underdog, while the teams played OVER the posted total of 148.5.
Ishmael Smith shot 8-for-20 from the field with 19 points, and Al-Farouq Aminu had 20 in the win.
Kentucky had a polar-opposite game against the East Tennessee State Buccaneers in their opener Thursday, jumping out to a 23 point lead en route to a 100-71 blow out victory.
Kentucky covered the 18.,5-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 134.5.
Freshman guard Eric Bledsoe led the Wildcats with a career-high 29 points. Bledsoe was outstanding from the floor, going 9 for 11 field goals. He had a whopping eight three-pointers, which set a Kentucky record in NCAA Tournament play.
Kentucky had a superb defensive effort, allowing the Buccaneers to shoot just .359 from the field and .235 from behind the three-point line.
Wake Forest is 20-10 straight up and 16-11 against the point spread. Kentucky is 33-2 SU and 18-15 ATS.
Wake Forest is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games but Wake Forest is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games. Kentucky is 5-0 SU in its last five games.
Chico Rodriguez is is a sports handicapper with more than 15 years in the industry. He specializes in NFL and NCAFF analysis.
He was born and raised in Los Angeles and is still based out of the city. Since Los Angeles has no NFL team, his favorite is the Indianapolis Colts.
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