This is going to be a fun game with two teams that play drastically different styles. South Carolina may be the best defensive team in the nation, allowing only 59 ppg and 36.4 percent shooting from the field. Kentucky comes in as one of the best offensive teams, scoring 93.3 ppg while shooting 49.6 percent. Those traits show up huge in their total records with USC Under in 12 of 15 games and Kentucky Over in 12 of 18. Look for the Gamecocks to slow things way down here. Under is the top play.

Give me the nation’s No. 1 defense and a baker’s dozen anytime. The Gamecocks are undefeated straight-up with Sindarious Thornwell, who was shelved while under suspension for six games, in the lineup. Kentucky recently was held to single-digit wins, albeit on the road, by lesser opponents. The Wildcats are in for a dogfight against a guest that won’t be cowed by the surroundings.