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NCAA March Madness: No. 5 West Virginia vs No. 1 Kentucky

Sweet Sixteen - Free Pick

Kentucky continues its journey for a perfect season, matching up with West Virginia in the Sweet Sixteen. Although Kentucky enters as 13.5-point favorites, don't count out West Virginia and a defense that's known to put pressure on its opponents.

AccuScore has Kentucky as solid 88 percent favorites to win Thursday. The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000 simulations is 78-63.

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There's a 54.1 percent chance Kentucky covers a -13.5 spread, a four-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend expert pick.

AccuScore has gone 30-23 (56.6%, +470 units) when predicting point spreads on neutral courts this season.

AccuScore Best Bet: There's a 55.3 percent chance the total combined score goes OVER 136.5, a two-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend pick.

Thus far, AccuScore has gone 70-58 (59.3%, +1720 units) when predicting SEC non-conference totals.

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Projected Leaders
Juwan Staten (WVU): 13 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 TOs
Aaron Harrison (UK): 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 TO