The 2022 CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden is scheduled for Saturday and the doubleheader featuring four of the most storied programs in college basketball will conclude with No. 16 UCLA vs. No. 13 Kentucky. Both programs began the year ranked inside the top 10 but have fallen off a little with the Bruins entering the weekend sporting a 9-2 record while Kentucky is 7-2 on the season. It isn’t a regular rivalry but the powerhouses have played 15 times previously, including meeting at the 1975 NCAA Championship Game with UCLA winning 92-85. Now they’ll renew the rivalry with UCLA hoping to level the series at eight games apiece. You can stream the game on Paramount+, which you can try for half-off your first year with promo code ALLYEAR.
Tip-off for is set for 5:15 p.m. ET in New York City. The Bruins are 2-point favorites and the over/under is set at 142.5 in the latest UCLA vs. Kentucky odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Saturday’s matchup can be seen live on CBS and streamed live on Paramount+ with their must-have Premium plan.
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How to watch UCLA vs. Kentucky
- UCLA vs. Kentucky date: Saturday, Dec. 17
- UCLA vs. Kentucky time: 5:15 p.m. ET
- UCLA vs. Kentucky TV channel: CBS
- UCLA vs. Kentucky live stream: Paramount+ (get half-off your first year with promo code ALLYEAR)
College basketball picks for Kentucky vs. UCLA
Before tuning into the UCLA vs. Kentucky game, you need to see the college basketball picks from SportsLine’s advanced computer model. The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters Week 6 of the 2022-23 college basketball season on a strong 17-10 roll on all top-rated CBB picks, returning almost $300. Anybody who has followed it has seen profitable returns.
For Kentucky vs. UCLA, the model projects that the Wildcats (+2) cover the spread. These programs haven’t played since the 2017 CBS Sports Classic, where UCLA won 83-75. However, both programs are already battle-tested with Kentucky playing non-conference games against Michigan State, Gonzaga and Michigan, while UCLA has played Illinois, Baylor and Maryland.
Both teams only managed one win each from those high-profile matchups but the Bruins enter on a six-game winning streak while Kentucky has won four in a row. But it’s been Kentucky that has looked the most dialed in defensively of late and that is where the model is predicting that the Wildcats will have the advantage.
Kentucky responded to an 88-72 loss to Gonzaga where the Bulldogs shot 56.4% from the floor by allowing opponents to shoot just 37% from the field in the next four games. The model is predicting that Kentucky holds Jaime Jaquez Jr., Tyger Campbell and Jaylen Clark under their season-scoring averages to help Kentucky cover in more than 50% of simulations.
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