The Kentucky Wildcats are undefeated in the SEC coming into their matchup against Arkansas on Tuesday night and the game on ESPN will be starting up at 9:00 pm ET at Bud Walton Arena and comes after the ‘Cats won against Vandy and now they are ranked 13th in nation in th AP top 25 and the matchup will be streaming on WatchESPN.
The Wildcats have been playing very well this season and have lost just three times and now they are 12-3 on the season with a 2-0 record after starting conference play, while the Razorbacks come in 11-4 and 0-2 in the conference. The Wildcats next play against Tennessee on Saturday at home and the Wildcats come in after winning four games in a row and their last loss was against North Carolina and that came after winning against Boise State and a loss to Baylor and apart from that, Kentucky has only lost to Michigan State earlier in the season when they were ranked number two in the nation.
The team has a tough SEC schedule this season with games on the road against LSU and Missouri coming up and before that the team plays against Georgia and Texas A&M. The team is getting a solid season from Julius Randle with him averaging 16 points and 10.9 rebounds and down the back stretch of the season the team plays on the road against South Carolina and Florida, while they also have matchups with Alabama and Ole Miss. John Calipari said that he feels his team is starting to come together at the right time and despite the fact that they are winless in the conference, he said the Wildcats will not underestimate the Razorbacks.
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Kentucky comes into the matchup averaging over 80 points per game to rank in the top part of the nation and they are fifth in rebounding with Randle, while the team is shooting 47 percent from the floor. The team is ranked near the bottom in assists per game, but they have done a good job of locking down on defense when needed and while the team is young, Calipari feels that they have a deep run in them this season. Randle has been one of the best freshmen in the nation this season with Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins and now he has the chance to establish himself in the SEC.