Kentucky vs Oklahoma Prediction 3/13/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Oklahoma Sooners and the Kentucky Wildcats meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Rupp Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Kentucky vs Oklahoma Prediction.

Matchup History

The Kentucky Wildcats won the lone meeting between these two teams in Norman back on February 26^th, 2025, by a final score of 83-82.

Oklahoma Recap

The Oklahoma Sooners come into this game looking to add on to their 81-75 win over Georgia in the first round of the SEC tournament last time out.

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Jeremiah Fears leads the Sooners in scoring and assists with 16.7 PPG and 4.1 APG along with 4.1 RPG while Jalon Moore has 16.1 PPG and a team-high 5.8 RPG to lead the Sooners in rebounding and to cap off the scoring in double figures for Oklahoma so far this season. Duke Miles has 9.8 PPG with 2.6 RPG and 2.2 APG and Kobe Elvis has 7.8 PPG with 2.8 APG while Brycen Goodine has 8.4 PPG and Sam Godwin has 6.5 PPG and 5.2 RPG so far this season. As a team, Oklahoma is averaging 78.7 PPG on 47.2% shooting from the field, 37% from three and 79.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Oklahoma Sooners will win

• Oklahoma has won each of its last six games played at neutral venues.
• Kentucky has lost each of its last four games at Bridgestone Arena.

Kentucky Recap

The Kentucky Wildcats come into the conference tournament as the 6-seed, finishing the year with an overall record of 21-10 on the year, including a 10-8 mark in SEC conference play.

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Otega Oweh leads the Wildcats in scoring with 16.2 PPG along with 4.6 RPG while Koby Brea has 11.2 PPG with 3.2 RPG. Lamont Butler’s added 11.9 PPG with a team-high 4.4 APG to lead Kentucky in assists and Jaxson Robinson has added 13 PPG with 3.5 RPG as well this season. Amari Williams has 11 PPG with a team-high 8.7 RPG as the Wildcats’ leading rebounder, while Andrew Carr has added 10.2 PPG with 4.8 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Kentucky up to this point in the season. As a team, Kentucky is averaging 85.8 PPG on 48.4% shooting from the field, 37.8% from three and 74.4% from the foul line this season.

Why the Kentucky Wildcats will win

• Oklahoma has lost six of its last seven night games against AP-ranked opponents.
• Kentucky has won four of its last five night games.

Total Points Facts

• Nineteen of Oklahoma’s last 20 night games at a neutral venue have produced a total of 156 or fewer points.
• Fourteen of Kentucky’s last 15 games against Conference opponents at neutral venues have produced a total of 160 or fewer points.

Kentucky vs Oklahoma Prediction

I’m on Oklahoma here. I get why Kentucky would be favored in a spot like this, but the Sooners have showed some real fight down the stretch and have the offense to be able to hang around with Kentucky in this matchup. The Sooners are also in dire need of wins to ensure that they’ll be going to the NCAA tournament, and right now I think a win over Kentucky would lock them in to the big dance. Kentucky’s had some defensive issues at times and have had issues with closing teams out, and I think Oklahoma is truly live in this game. Give me Oklahoma in this one.