Tale of The Tape, Predictions: Louisville vs. Kentucky

The Cardinals face the Wildcats in the annual Battle of the Bluegrass.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville (5-6, 0-1 ACC) is set to face Kentucky (8-2, 0-0 SEC) on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 6:00 p.m. EST from the KFC Yum! Center. Here's how the Cardinals stack up against the Wildcats:

- Rankings:

	Kentucky	Louisville
AP/USA TODAY	9th/9th	NR/NR
NET	27th	268th
RPI	44th	323rd
SOS	53rd	322nd
BPI	24th	237th
KenPom	21st	175th
Torvik	17th	186th

- Team Leaders:

	Kentucky	Louisville
Points	Antonio Reeves (17.1)	Skyy Clark (15.4)
Rebounds	Tre Mitchell (6.2)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (9.2)
Assists	Rob Dillingham (4.5)	Ty-Laur Johnson (3.5)
Steals	Reed Sheppard (2.9)	Tre White (1.3)
Blocks	Tre Mitchell (1.2)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (1.0)

- Scoring:

	Kentucky	Louisville
Points Per Game	90.2	74.5
Field Goal %	49.5%	41.8%
FGM/FGA Per Game	33.1/66.9	25.2/60.2
Three Point %	40.8%	29.4%
3PTM/3PTA Per Game	10.4/25.5	5.4/18.3
Free Throw %	72.7%	73.8%
FTM/FTA Per Game	13.6/18.7	18.7/25.7

- Rebounding:

	Kentucky	Louisville
Rebounds Per Game	38.2	38.6
Off. Reb. Per Game	10.1	13.0
Def. Reb. Per Game	28.1	25.6
Rebound Margin	2.4	3.3

- Defense:

	Kentucky	Louisville
Opp. Points Per Game	73.5	73.6
Opp. FG%	42.3%	44.6%
Opp. 3P%	32.7%	28.7%
Steals Per Game	9.2	5.7
Blocks Per Game	5.2	3.3

- Ball Handling:

	Kentucky	Louisville
Assists Per Game	19.1	10.7
Turnovers Per Game	9.4	12.6
Turnover Margin	5.5	-0.1
Assist/Turnover Ratio	2.0	0.8

- ESPN Prediction: Per ESPN's Basketball Power Index, Louisville has a 13.6 percent chance to win against Kentucky.

- KenPom Prediction: Per KenPom.com, the Cardinals have a 13 percent chance to take down the Wildcats, with a projected final score of 86-73 in favor of Kentucky.

- Torvik Prediction: Per BartTorvik.com, the Cardinals have a 16 percent chance to take down the Wildcats, with a projected final score of 86-74 in favor of Kentucky.

- Personal Prediction: Kentucky 89, Louisville 71.

(Photo of Brandon Huntley-Hatfield: Jordan Prather - USA TODAY Sports)

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