{"id":190166,"date":"2026-03-13T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190166\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:15:09","slug":"kentucky-vs-florida-prediction-picks-odds-for-todays-sec-tournament-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190166\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky vs Florida Prediction, Picks & Odds for Today’s SEC Tournament Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Douglas<\/p>\n

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\n Updated:
\nMar 13, 2026 , 08:15 AM ET<\/p>\n

\u2022 4 min read<\/p>\n

Farmer’s Prediction: Florida runs past Kentucky.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/p>\n

Photo By – Reuters Connect. Thomas Haugh dunks against Kentucky on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The SEC frontrunner finally makes its Nashville debut today, with the Florida Gators coming off a decisive 16-2 SEC season. They beat the Kentucky Wildcats twice this season, and that should become three times to start the SEC quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

My Kentucky vs. Florida predictions and\u00a0college basketball picks<\/a> expect the Gators to start their weekend fast on Friday, March 13.<\/p>\n

Kentucky vs Florida prediction
\nKentucky vs Florida best bet<\/p>\n

Kentucky vs Florida best bet: Florida team total Over 85.5 (-120)<\/p>\n

It is never a good time to play the Florida Gators<\/a>. It is a particularly bad time to play the defending champions when you are already tired.<\/p>\n

For the third straight day, the Kentucky Wildcats<\/a> tip off the action at the SEC Tournament, while Florida has had six full days off since \u2026 beating Kentucky.<\/p>\n

The Gators play at the second-fastest pace in the SEC, and they thrive on the glass, ranking No. 2 in offensive rebounding rate in conference play and No. 1 in defensive rebounding rate. Every piece of that sentence should worry the Wildcats\u2019 tired legs.<\/p>\n

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Otega Oweh has been productive in the first two rounds of the SEC Tournament, scoring 23 and 21 points in the two games, but he has not been exactly efficient. The Wildcats\u2019 best player has shot 17-of-37 (45.9%) from the field, including 2-of-9 from deep.<\/p>\n

The best defense in the SEC will force Oweh into inefficient and contested shots inside the arc, and that is simply not a recipe for him to find the Over on this points prop.<\/p>\n

Kentucky vs Florida SGP<\/p>\n

Florida team total Over 85.5
\nFlorida -11
\nOtega Oweh Under 22.5 points<\/p>\n

Our beyond the arc SGP: Oweh’s desperation<\/p>\n

This is not as illogical as it looks on the surface.<\/p>\n

Florida should control this game. The Gators are rested and already like to run. They should have a double-digit lead heading into the final 10 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n

That will be a perfect moment for Otega Oweh to hoist some desperate 3-pointers. If he hits just one in that garbage time, he could cash this 3-pointers prop while still falling short in just about every other way against one of the few genuine national title contenders in the country.<\/p>\n

Kentucky vs Florida SGP<\/p>\n

Florida team total Over 85.5
\nFlorida -11
\nOtega Oweh Under 22.5 points
\nOtega Oweh Over 1.5 3-pointers<\/p>\n

Kentucky vs Florida odds<\/p>\n

Spread: Kentucky +11 | Florida -11
\nMoneyline: Kentucky +390 | Florida -525
\nOver\/Under: Over 159.5 | Under 159.5<\/p>\n

Kentucky vs Florida betting trend to know<\/p>\n

Florida has gone 5-0 against the spread in its last five games, exceeding bookmakers\u2019 expectations by an average of 10.3 points in those five games.\u00a0Find more\u00a0college basketball betting trends<\/a> for Kentucky vs. Florida.<\/p>\n

How to watch Kentucky vs Florida<\/p>\n

Location
\nBridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN<\/p>\n

Date
\nFriday, March 13, 2026<\/p>\n

Tip-off
\n1:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

TV
\nESPN<\/p>\n

Kentucky vs Florida key injuries<\/p>\n

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\"Douglas<\/p>\n

Douglas Farmer spends his days thinking about college football and his nights thinking about the NBA. His betting habits and coverage follow that same pattern. He covered Notre Dame football for various outlets from 2008 to 2024, most notably spending eight seasons as NBC Sports\u2019 beat writer on the Irish. That was also when his gambling focus took off. Knowing there were veteran beat writers with three decades more experience than he had, Douglas found his niche by best recognizing Notre Dame\u2019s standing in each year\u2019s national landscape, a complex tapestry most easily understood and remembered via betting odds.<\/p>\n

In 2021, that interest created a freelance opportunity with Covers, a role that eventually led to Douglas joining the company full-time in 2023. In the fall, Douglas will place five or six dozen bets each week, a disproportionate amount via BetRivers because the operator tends to have lines slightly different than the rest of the market. The same can be said of Circa Sports\u2019 futures markets.<\/p>\n

While Douglas is an avid NBA fan and covers the league throughout the year, the vast majority of his bets are on college football, because that is the biggest key to sports betting: Know what you do not know.<\/p>\n

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