LOOK: Kentucky basketball announces uniforms for marquee matchup vs Gonzaga
The Kentucky Wildcats have revealed their threads for Sunday night, as they’ve announced via Twitter that they will be sporting their road blue uniforms for their high anticipated matchup against Gonzaga that airs on ESPN at 7:30 p.m.
The Wildcats are hoping for better luck this time around in their blue uniforms, since the last and only time they’ve wore them was in the only loss they’ve suffered so far this season as they fell to Michigan State 86-77 in an overtime loss to the Spartans.
Kentucky’s matchup against Gonzaga is one of the season’s most highly anticipated non-conference games, featuring two top-five teams in the nation as the Wildcats enter the matchup currently ranked No. 4 and the Bulldogs No. 2. Gonzaga like Kentucky has also suffered from an upset loss this season, as they’re fresh off of a 93-74 loss to No. 11 Texas and will be looking to bounce back.
Kentucky vs. Gonzaga: How to watch, odds, predictions from ESPN, KenPom
No. 2 Gonzaga (2-1) hosts No. 4 Kentucky (3-1) Sunday evening in one of the most anticipated non-conference matchups of the early college basketball season.
Both teams are coming off losses earlier in the week against quality opponents. The Wildcats fell to Michigan State in double overtime – a team the Bulldogs outlasted 64-63 days earlier – while Gonzaga was handed one of its worst losses in recent memory to No. 11 Texas 93-74.
Kentucky was able to sneak another win under its belt in the days following the loss to the Spartans, thrashing South Carolina State 106-63 on Thursday. Sunday will serve as Gonzaga’s first time back on the court since the Texas loss.
A loss would hand Gonzaga its first back-to-back losses since the 2018-19 season when the Brandon Clarke-led Bulldogs lost to Tennessee and North Carolina in December of that year.
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Here is everything you need to know about the first-time-ever matchup between the Bulldogs and Wildcats.
How to watch Gonzaga vs. Kentucky
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT
Location: Spokane, Washington
Channel: ESPN
Vegas odds
Gonzaga is a 3.5-point favorite over Kentucky as of Sunday morning, according to VegasInsider. The over/under is set for 155.5 total points. 53 percent of bets have been placed on the Bulldogs as of this writing.
ESPN BPI Predictions
Predicted winner: Gonzaga
Predicted point differential: 7.5
Win probability (for Gonzaga): 73.3%
Matchup quality: 87.7
ESPN’s College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a tool that measures team strength and uses that to predict outcomes of future performances. ESPN’s BPI has Gonzaga vs. Kentucky ranked as the fourth-highest rated game on Sunday’s slate in terms of matchup quality.
KenPom
Predicted final score: Gonzaga 79, Kentucky 78
Win probability (for Gonzaga): 55%
KenPom is another tool that provides advanced analysis across college basketball. Like ESPN, KenPom projects that Gonzaga will come away with a victory over Kentucky.