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INTO THE 2014-15 BASKETBALL SEASON


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Jay Bilas Lays Out The Formula For Success

YOUR GATEWAY TO THE 2015 SEC TOURNAMENT
CLICK HERE!!!

The SEC Tournament Page Is Now Active
With Projections Based On Probable Outcome
Of Last 5 SEC Games

 

YOUR GATEWAY TO THE 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT
CLICK HERE!!!

 

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

 
Big Blue Madness, 2014

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 2014-15 Schedule with predicted and actual results here when available

GAME BY GAME ADJUSTED NET GAME EFFICIENCY

Follow the 2014-15 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 2014-15 Season
With Game to Game Analysis
In the Sequence Written,

OR

Go Directly To A Specific Installment of This Series:

00 Cats Get Early Experience for 2014-15 in the Bahamas

01 Cats Play Blue-White Game Unlike Any Other

02 Cat Open 2014-15 Against A Real Opponent In First Exhibition Game-Pikeville

03 Cats Complete 2014-15 Exhibition Tune-ups In Second Exhibition Game-Georgetown

04 Cats Prepared For Season Opener with Pikeville and Georgetown
The Ready For Primetime Cats Start the 2014-15 Journey Against Grand Canyon

06 Cats and Jayhawks Tangle at Champions Classic In Indianapolis

07 Cats Return From Indy More Than Simply Undefeated

07A Adjusted NGE Forecasts 31-0 Regular Season For First Time

08 Cats March To Perfection Continues Through Montana State

09 Cats Continue Season Opening Blitz

09A Cats' 6-0 Start Places Them Is Special Company

10 Cats Host Providence As Level Of Competition Continues to Rise

11 Cats Host #10 Texas For Match Up of 7-0 Teams

12 Cats Entertain the EKU Colonels

13 Cats Enter Final Third of Nonconference Schedule With Columbia

14 Cats and Tar Heels Tangle at Rupp

15 Cats Travel To Chicago As Final Exams End To Take On UCLA

16 Cats And Card-2014 Episode

16A Cats Have 1 in 4 chance To Run the SEC Table and Finish 31-0

17 Cats Open SEC Play Against Mississippi At Rupp

17A Is This Season More Unpredictable Than Last?

18 Cats Face Texas A&M In First SEC Road Test

19 Cats Return To Rupp With Bad News, They Are Battered, And Good News, They Remain Unbeaten

20 Cats Go On The Road Again

21 Cats Return To Form; Remain Unbeaten

22 Cats Put Their Unbeaten Streak On The Line At South Carolina

23 Cats Remain on the Road In Search of Win #20 Without a Defeat

24 Cats Return to Rupp With Win #20 In Hand, Still Without a Defeat

25 Cats Will Face Georgia In Rare Two Game Home Stand

26_Cats_Need_To_Find_Their_Misplaced_Energy

26A_Are_Cats_Bullies_Electricians_Or_Hard_Workers

27_Cats_Seek_To_Pass_Runts_At_LSU.htm

27A How Does 2015 Compare To 2012 Against Similar Opponents?

28 Cats Return to Rupp Unbeaten

29 Cats Head To Knoxville With History On Their Agenda

29A PROBABILITY OF WINNING OUT FROM 26-0

30 Destruction of Cats Prepared For Final March For Perfection

30 Cats Travel To Starkville Mississippi for Next To Last True Road Game

32 Cats Host Arkansas With Unbeaten Streak At Risk

33 Cats Face Georgia In Last Road Trip Of Season

34 Cats_Will Close_Regular_Season's_March_To_March_And_Will Find_Perfection

34A The NCAA Tournament Shapes Up To Be A Three Game Trial By Fire For Cats

35 Cats Open Post Season Against Florida

36 Cats Advance Past Florida; Will Face Auburn In Semifinals

37 Hogs and Cats Will Face Off For SEC Championship

38 Cats Open NCAA Play Heavily Favored To Win It All

39 Cats Advance To Face Cincinnati

39A Overview of the Sweet 16 Field

40 Cats Brace For Another Street Fight In Sweet 16

41 Cats Eliminate West Virginia-Next Up Notre Dame in Elite 8

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, 2003-2014
  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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