Gambling on Kentucky Basketball has been a wild ride this season. The Wildcats didn’t cover the spread in the season opener against Duke, then covered, didn’t cover, covered, didn’t cover, covered, and then didn’t cover. One win against the spread was the Zan Payne game that took bettors down to the final seconds, including one high-roller with $220,000 riding on Kentucky to cover 24.5 points against Mount St. Mary’s. Kentucky won by 25.
This past game was another adventure but ended in defeat for Kentucky backers as UK allowed Tony Barbee’s Central Michigan to sneak back within a couple points of the 30+ points point spread.