LSU vs. Kentucky - Score Prediction

If our FT shooting is good we have an outside chance of pulling the upset. It is really tough to win in Rupp Arena

85-83 LSU

Kentucky 85
LSU 67

LSU 106
Kentucky 71

An LSU team who finished with 15 losses and an appearance in the elite 8 also beat kentucky by 35 at Rupp.

Kentucky 84
LSU 77

LSU 86
Kentucky 82

LSU builds a comfortable lead with around 5 to play, then hangs on for dear life. Late FTs seal it.

WE RIDING BROTHERS.

LSU 67 Kentucky 79

Won't predict a score but don't think it will be close - KY in Rupp can be brutal when they have a score to settle.

I'd like to see Ben just put up 40/15/7 and win POY at Rupp.

These are the types of games where you realize just how good LSU can be and are equally as frustrated because they aren't on a consistent basis.

LSU plays well against UK not because Jones isn't"that bad of a coach", or because Calipari isn't that great, or because UK's players aren't "that good". It's because LSU has the fricking horses to run with Kentucky. The problem is that they only seem to play focused basketball against the "good" teams.

In '13-'14 LSU handled UK pretty easily in the first match up at the PMAC. One month later LSU went to Rupp sputtering along with ~.500 SEC record, while UK looked like they were starting to find their groove, winning 5 of 6 after the LSU loss. Everyone expected a UK blowout. What actually happened was that UK found themselves VERY lucky to escape with an OT win on a last second tip-in.

Last year the UK juggernaut came to the PMAC to play a LSU team that had just lost to 2 of the worst teams in the SEC. It took LSU folding late for UK to leave the PMAC undefeated.

This year's team was "the most disappointing team in the nation" going into the UK game. That "disappointing" group hammered UK by 18 in a game that may not have even been that close.

I think I am FAR from the biggest sunshine pumper when it comes to LSU basketball, but LSU can stand toe-to-toe with UK ON ANY COURT. Simmons is better than any player on UK's team. Murray is great, but if he gets rolling, Blakeney can be equally as unstoppable. Victor is as sold as any post-player UK has, and Quarterman can be a X-factor on both ends of the floor.

LSU doesn't do the "little things" right every game. It's why they can lose to anyone, anytime. It's why this can be a frustrating program to cheer for. However, when the focus and intensity is there, including from the usually statuesque HC, this team can really make things rough for anyone.