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INTO THE 2013-14 BASKETBALL SEASON


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Deal with it, America —
Kentucky back in the Final Four,
younger than ever

Aaron Harrison's Game Winning 3 Pointer
With 2.6 Seconds Remaining At Point Of Release

Never-Say-Die Cats Advance To NCAA Final Four

YOUR GATEWAY TO THE 2014 SEC TOURNAMENT
CLICK HERE!!!

 

YOUR GATEWAY TO THE 2014 NCAA TOURNAMENT
CLICK HERE!!!

 

Coach Calipari Explains Why UK Basketball
Is The Gold Standard of College Athletics

 
Big Blue Madness, 2013

Coach Calipari Had Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Darius Miller,
John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins In The Audience.

 

Big Blue Fans Can Never

Watch and Listen To "I Bleed Blue" too often!!!!!!

 


The Current State of the UK Roster
Projected Into The Out Years
AND
RECRUITING PROSPECTS
FOR 2014 THROUGH 2016

 

 

The Current Top 64 Ratings
Based On Adjusted Net Game Efficiency

 

SEC Rankings Based On NGE

 

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, 2010, 2012, and 2013.
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!!!!

 


Insert 2013-14 Schedule with predicted and actual results here when available

GAME BY GAME ADJUSTED NET GAME EFFICIENCY

Follow the 2013-14 Cats From a Mid-summer analysis
of the roster, to pre-season predictions, and then game by game analysis.
You can use the following link to start the reading in sequence,
or you can select links to specific installments below:

Follow the 2013-14 Season
With Game to Game Analysis
In the Sequence Written,

OR

Go Directly To A Specific Installment of This Series:

00 Que Sera Sera

01 The Nations Top Programs

02 ANALYSIS OF THE 2013-2014 ROSTER

03 2013-14 PRE-SEASON FORECAST

04 Cats Ready To Wash Away Bitter Aftertaste of 2013 Season-Will Take it out on Transy

05 CAN THE EXHIBITION GAMES TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME?

06 Cats Prepare For Final Exhibition Tune Up-Montavallo
Expect Team To Show Improvement Under Coach Calipari's Teaching

07 A Season For The Ages Gets Underway

08 Cats Take Second Step In Their Own Trial By Ordeal

09 Cats Travel To Chicago To Meet Number 2 Michigan State
In A November Preview Of 2014 Final Four

10 Robert Morris; What More Need Be Said?

11 Cats Continue To Move Up Their Learning Curve
Texas Arlington Up Next

12 Cats Continue Quest For Sustained Improvement
Cleveland State Is Next On Coacut, h Calipari's Lesson Plan

13 Cats Stumble During the Cleveland State Examination
Seek To Regain Footing Against Eastern Michigan

14 Cats Step Into December To Face A Stepped Up Slate Of Opponents

15 Cats Test Drive Final Four Venue And Seek A Measure Of Payback

15A It Is Too Soon To Know What The 2013-14 Kentucky Wildcats May Become Enjoy This Ride!

16 Cats Return To Rupp To Find Their Determination To Win

17 Cats Take Their Only Non-conference Road Test At North Carolina

18 Cats Return To Rupp For Next Month
Will Not Travel Again Until January 11, 2014

18A FOR CALIPARI'S CATS, TURNOVERS ARE JOB 1

19 CATS AND CARDS

20 Camp Calipari Continues As Cats Open SEC Season Against Mississippi State

21 The Expected Benefits Of Camp Calipari Elusive
Cats Have Second Chance To Shine In Trip To Vandy

22 The Cats Cross The Midseason Point Out Of Final Four Conversation

23 Cats Return To Rupp For Next Three SEC Games
Tennessee Is Next Opponent

24 Cats Tee Up Second of Three Straight Home Opponents
Texas A&M Will Try To Do What Few Teams Have Ever Done

25 Cats Finish Home Stand Against Surging Georgia Bulldogs

26 Cats Go Back On The Road For Two-LSU Is First Up

27 Cats Face Must Win At Missouri To Remain Relevant

28 Cats Return To Rupp To Face Mississippi Before Heading Back On The Road

28A How Do the 2014 Cats Compare To Previous Teams Through 22 Games?

29 Cats Begin Second Half of SEC At Mississippi State

30 Cats Remain On The Road At Auburn

31 Cats Return to Rupp For College Game Day Proceedings and
Most Important Game of Season

32 Cats Move Into Regular Season Stretch Run

33Cats Return To Rupp For Chance To Avenge Loss To LSU

34 Cats Remain In Rupp For Chance To Avenge Loss To Arkansas

35 Cats Must Take To The Road On The Heels Of A Tough Home Loss

35A SOUTH CAROLINA IS CALIPARI'S MOST EMBARRASSING UK LOSS

36 Senior Day 2014 Has Arrived-Alabama Is the Invited Guest

37 The Cats and the Gators Wrap Up the 2013-14 Regular Season With Little Fan Fare

38 The Cats Get Third Chance To Get It Right Against LSU

39 The Cats Got It Right Against LSU: Will Face Georgia In Semifinals

40 The Cats Get Third Chance To Get It Right Against The Gators

41 The Cats Open Their NCAA Play As Midwest Region's 8 Seed Against Kansas State

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Is There Really A Tweak?

42 The Cats Must Defeat Undefeated #1 Seed To “Shock” The World

43 Cats and Cards-Take Two

43A Dear Wildcats And Coach Calipari
I AM SORRY!!!

44 Cats Will Face Michigan For Ticket To Dallas For Final Four

45 Calipari Takes Cats To Third Final Four In Four Years

46 Resurrection Cats In Championship Game

NOTE: Remainder of This Gateway Will Be Updated Prior to the 2013-14 Season

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

UK 2013-14 INTERIM STATS
COMPARED TO NCAA D1 AVERAGE Together with Summary
Tables for 1993 Through 2013

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 2013
TABULATED BY COACH

ANALYSIS OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
WITH TEAM AVERAGES FROM 2000 THROUGH 2014

Data for UK Teams 1996, and 2000 Through 2014 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, 2003-2013
  12. SEC Tournament Gateway
  13. NCAA Tournament

Current Individual Efficiencies

Updated Following Each Game

 

Kentucky Efficiencies by Game

 

College Basketball-NCAA D1
2013-14 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
2012-13 AND 2011-12

THE 2014 NCAA TOURNAMENT FIELD IS NOT SET
WHEN THE TOURNAMENT IS READY TO BEGIN
USE THIS LINK WILL ACTIVATE
TO TRACK THE RESULTS V NGE PREDICTIONS

Link Will Be Activated Later

 

The 2012 SEC Tournament Is Coming in early March
Thursday March 13-First Rouund Games
Friday March 14-Quarter Final Games
Saturday March 15-Semi-final Games
Sunday March 16-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

OVERVIEW OF 2013-14 OPPONENTS' PERFORMANCE LEVELS

 

A SUMMARY OF ALL 2013-14 UK OPPONENTS' STRENGTH
SORTED BY PREDICTED GAME MARGINS
[LOWEST TO HIGHEST]

 

RANKING OF ALL 2013-14 OPPONENTS BY PYTHAGOREAN - POMEROY

SEC RANKINGS
BASED ON ADJUSTED NGE

 

PROJECTED SEC SEASON
BASED ON ADJUSTED NGE FOR ALL SEC TEAMS

To Be Added

 

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

To Be Added


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