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INTO THE 2011-12 BASKETBALL SEASON

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The Current State of the UK Roster
Projected Into The Out Years
AND
RECRUITING PROSPECTS
FOR 2012 THROUGH 2013

How Have The Pomeroy Rankings Worked Out
With Recent National Champions?

Very Well, actually, with the #1 rated team winning the
National Championship in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
In 2011, Connecticut came out of nowhere for an amazing run
to the Championship as the #10 rated team on the Season.

See the Details at this LINK!!!!

The Brackets Are Now Set For 2012
Kentucky Is the #1-#1 Seed
AND
Ended the Regular Season #1 in Pomeroy
Follow the NCAA Tournament At This LINK

Current Individual Efficiencies

Updated Following Each Game

Individual Efficiency Treads Through 25 Games

Kentucky Efficiencies by Game

College Basketball-NCAA D1
2011-12 Season Upset Rate
Daily Data/Results

Summary Table Sorted By Probability Of Winning

Graph of Probability of Winning v Upset Rate

Theoretical and Actual Upset Rate v Time

THE 2012 NCAA TOURNAMENT FIELD IS NOW SET AND
THE TOURNAMENT IS READY TO BEGIN
USE THIS LINK TO TRACK THE RESULTS V NGE PREDICTIONS
Link Will Be Activated Later

The 2012 SEC Tournament Is Coming in early March
Thursday March 8-First Rouund Games
Friday March 9-Quarter Final Games
Saturday March 10-Semi-final Games
Sunday March 11-Championship Game

Use This Link To Your Gateway To the Entire SEC Tournament
With Predictions and Actual Results Updated As They Occur
All Data Are Current With Projections To Year End Results
Based On Favorites Winning All Game To End of Regular Season

2011-12 Team Photo

2011-12
University of Kentucky
Basketball Schedule
Predicted and Actual Results with Projections

OVERVIEW OF 2010-11 OPPONENTS' PERFORMANCE LEVELS

A SUMMARY OF ALL 2010-11 UK OPPONENTS' STRENGTH
SORTED BY PREDICTED GAME MARGINS
[LOWEST TO HIGHEST]

RANKING OF ALL 2011-12 OPPONENTS BY PYTHAGOREAN - POMEROY

SEC RANKINGS BY DIVISION
BASED ON ADJUSTED NGE

ALTERNATIVE-NON-DIVISIONAL VIEW

PROJECTED SEC SEASON
BASED ON ADJUSTED NGE FOR ALL SEC TEAMS

PROJECTED SEC AND TOTAL WIN LOSS RECORDS FOR SEC TEAMS
BASED ON ADJUSTED NGE, POMEROY, AND GAMER PROJECTIONS

Follow the 2011-12 Season
With Game to Game Analysis
In the Sequence Written,

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00 ANALYSIS OF THE 2011-2012 ROSTER

01 2011-12 PRE-SEASON FORECAST

02 Cat Open 2011-12 Against A Real Opponent
In First Exhibition Game-Transylvania University

03 Cats Complete The 2011-12 Exhibition Schedule Against Morehouse

04 Cat Open 2011-12 Season Against Marist at Rupp

05 Cats Leave Rupp To Take On Kansas

06 Cats Move From New York City To Connecticut To Play Penn State

07 Cats Power Past Penn State
Get the Old Dominion/Old Dominion Winner on Sunday

08 Cats Return To Rupp Undefeated But Vulnerable

09 Cats Continue Fine Tuning Their Game
For St. Johns, UNC, and trip to Indiana

10 Cats Enter Three Game Stretch Against BCS Conference Opponents
First Up: St. John's In SEC-Big East Challenge

11 Cats Get First Real Test of the Season As North Carolina Comes To Rupp

12 Cats Take To The Road For the First Time; Travel To Indiana

13 Cats Return To Rupp To Begin Their Push Toward Louisville and SEC

14 Cats Get Second of Three Christmas Cupcakes-Samford

15 Cats Approach Christmas With Visions Of Loyola Dancing In Their Heads

16 Cats Return To Work After Christmas Vacation
This Is Cardinal Week with Lamar and Louisville

17 This Is It-The Main Event - Cats and Cards

18 Cats Ease From OCC To SEC This Week

19 Cats Open SEC Play Against A Rejuvenated South Carolina Team At Rupp

19A Why Am I So Excited About This Team?

20 Cats Head Out On SEC Road To Auburn

21 Cats Stay On The Road At Tennessee

22 Cats Return To Rupp Undefeated In SEC To Face Arkansas

23 Cats Host Alabama In Important SEC Game

24 Cats Go Back On The SEC Road For Two Games-First Up At Georgia

25 Cats Put Perfect SEC Record On The Line At LSU

25A 2011v2012 ROSTER COMPARISON:
A MID-SEASON UPDATE

26 Cats Return To Rupp Unblemished by SEC for Tennessee Rematch

26A Are Late Season Losses Helpful?

27 Cats Return To the Road at South Carolina To Begin Second Half of SEC Season

28 Cats Begin Stretch Run At Rupp Against Florida

28A Cats Are Transforming Into A Championship Team
Before Our Eyes

29 Cats Take 10-0 SEC Record To Nashville
To Face Vanderbilt On College Gameday

30 Cats Return To Rupp Still Unbeaten In SEC Play

30A Upsets Are A Curious Phenomenon

31 Cats Take Their Unbeaten Record Into Angry Starkville

32 Cats Have Vanderbilt At Rupp For Rematch

33 Cat Fans Say Farewell and Good Luck To Miller and Vargas

34 Cats Wrap Up 2011-12 Regular Season At Florida

35 Cats Open Post Season Play Against LSU in SEC Quarterfinal

36 Cats Survive Ugly Offense To Advance Against Florida

37 Cats Advance To Championship Game To Play Vanderbilt

38 Cats Open NCAA Tournament Play As The Favorite

39 Cats Advance To Round Two And Take On Iowa State

40 Cats Get Second Bite At The Hoosier Apple In Atlanta

41 Cats In Elite 8 For Third Consecutive Year
Take On Baylor For Trip To Final Four

42 Cats and Cards Take Two In Final Four For All The Marbles

43 Cats In Championship Game Against Kansas

THE DATA:

Last Game Box Score and Efficiency Data/Trends
for last 3 and 5 games as well as for entire Season

Rebounding Rates; Game-to-Game Grades;
Kentucky and Opponent Shooting Summary; Pace by Game;
Opponent Strength Summary Tables; Turnover Rates by Game; and
Efficiency Trends For Season, Individual Efficiency Table

Next Game Projected Box Score

UK 2011-12 INTERIM STATS
COMPARED TO NCAA D1 AVERAGE Together with Summary
Tables for 1993 Through 2011

PREDICTED V. ACTUAL SCORES, MARGINS, AND TOTAL POINTS
FOR ALL GAMES IN THIS AND RECENT SEASONS

HISTORICAL DATA FOR ALL SEASONS
KENTUCKY BASKETBALL 1972 THROUG H 2011
TABULATED BY COACH

ANALYSIS OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
WITH TEAM AVERAGES FROM 2000 THROUGH 2011

Data for UK Teams 1996, and 2000 Through 2011 for Each Sort Category
Noted Below:

1. All Games, Including Exhibitions
2. All Games-D1 [No Exhibitions]
3. Home
4. Away
5. Neutral Court
6. Non-Conference
7. SEC
8. Pomeroy Top 50
9. Pomeroy Over 50
10. Post Season Play
11. Games Since Louisville Game, 2003-2011
12. SEC Tournament Gateway
13. NCAA Tournament

 

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