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The Cats' Next Opponent Is Missouri at Rupp on Saturday night at 8:15 PM
Here are the Missouri Game to Game ANE Graph and a comparison with the Cats'
NOTE: Mississippi started the season in a declining trend for 10 games and then reversed course into a rising trend for the next 10 games. Since game 21, Mississippi has been in decline again until stabilizing for the last 4 games at about its current efficiency. This is an 8 point match up on a neutral court.
See Similar Data for All SEC Teams in 2017-18 at this LINK
The Big Blue Family Photo
2017 Big Blue Madness
Coach Cal Meets With the 2017-18 Team for the first time on July 22, 2017
THIS PAGE PROVIDES EVERY BIG BLUE FAN A GATEWAY
INTO THE 2017-18 BASKETBALL SEASON
NOTE: Remainder of This Gateway Will Be Updated Prior to the 2017-18 Season
The Data provided on this and other pages relevant to the current season will update
following each UK game and at other times as indicated by other activity in college basketball
How Have UK Teams Performed Over the Years?
Here is the ANE Pre-season Top 25
Based On a Weighted Average
of Season ANE Values Between
2013 and 2017
UK (Especially During the Calipari Era) Provides a Route To The NBA For Players
Jay Bilas Lays Out The Formula For Success
The 2018 SEC Tournament Is Coming in March
Wednesday March 7-Play In Games (Bottom 4 Teams)
Thursday March 8-First Rouund Games (All But Top 4 Teams)
Friday March 9-Quarter Final Games (Top 4 meet 4 First Round Winners)
Saturday March 10-Semifinal Games
Sunday March 11-Championship Game
YOUR GATEWAY TO THE 2018 SEC TOURNAMENT
CLICK HERE!!!
(The Information Provided Until March 4, 2018 Is Based On Projected Final Finish AND Current ANE Data for Teams.
This will be updated at least weekly until March 4, 2018)
YOUR GATEWAY TO THE 2018 NCAA TOURNAMENT
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(Will activate in early March When Field Is Announced)
The Current State of the UK Roster
Projected Into The Out Years
AND
RECRUITING PROSPECTS
FOR 2018 THROUGH 2020
Scoring is the Product of Tempo and Efficiency
Here is How The Factors Have Varied
( Source: http://www.kenpom.com )
TOP 20 ADJUSTED OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
Since 2002, the NCAA Tournament Champion has met three efficiency based criteria
and Must Remain "alive" in the tournament field
:
1. A top 8 overall efficiency,
2. An offensive and a defensive efficiency each the top 20, and
3. An ANE > 0.3 points per possession
CRITERIA 1. and 2.
Three Top 8 Teams Appear in both the top 20 offensive and top 20 defensive ratings
#3 Duke, #4 Purdue, #5 Michigan State, and #10 West Virginia
CRITERION 3.
#3 Duke and #4 Purdue have an ANE > 0.3 ppp
Who will rise to the top using this criteria in March 2018?
Here is the Top 20
Many People Say
"This Year There Are No Dominant Teams
and the NCAA Is Wide Open"
Is that the case in 2018?
Is it really ever the case?
The Current Top 100 Ratings
Based On ANE
With Relevant Details
CURRENT ANE RANKINGS
ALL 351 D1 TEAMS
End of Month ANE Rankings For All D1 Teams Through The 2016-17 Season
SEC Rankings Based On NGE
2016-18 Current Ranking
Top 4 Get Double Byes
Bottom 4 Get No Byes
Generally Top 40 Teams Get Into the NCAA
Teams Ranked 41-70 Are Hit and Miss For NCAA Invitations
Sometimes the truth does hurt
Read it and weep, all opponents
All 2016-17 Opponents With Pythagorean Rating
Pre-Season
2016-17 All Opponent Game Projections
Sorted On Theoretical Game Margin
(Lowest to Highest)
2016-17 Schedule with predicted and actual result
With Pre-game Margins Provided by
Pomeroy, RPI Forecast, and Vegas Insider
Current Individual Efficiencies
INDIVIDUAL EFFICIENCY FOR ALL UK PLAYERS SINCE 1996
College Basketball-NCAA D1
2016-17 Season Upset Rate
Daily Data/Results
Summary Table Sorted By Probability Of Winning
Graph of Probability of Winning v Upset Rate
How Have The Pomeroy Rankings Worked Out
With Recent National Champions?
See the Details at this LINK!!!!
Follow the 2016-17 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 2017-18 Season
With Game to Game Analysis
In the Sequence Written,
OR
Go Directly To A Specific Installment of This Series:
00 Tai Wynyard Starts The 2017-18 Season Full of Promise
01 ANALYSIS OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
BASED ON POMEROY DATA02 How Does Shooting at Home and Away From Home
Impact the Home Court Advantage-PART 2?03 Cats Open 2017-18 Against A Real Opponent
In First Exhibition Game-Thomas More04 Cats Continue Its Exhibition Season against Morehead
05 Cats Close Out Exhibition Play Against Centre College
06 Let the Games Begin First Up Will Be Utah Valley University
07 Cats Stumble To Win Against Utah Valley
Have Little Time To Fix Issues Before Vermont08 Cats Off To Slowest Start of Calipari Era
Kansas Poses Huge Threat To Expose The Cats09 Cats Show Signs of Improvement and Hold Their Own Against Kansas
10 Cats' Noted Improvement Against Kansas Illusory and Disappears Against ETSU
Cats Now Face Tough Realities Against Troy11 Cats' Finish the First Five Games in Lackluster Fashion
May Indicate Rough Road Ahead11A WHAT CAN WE READ IN THE TEA LEAVES AFTER THE FIRST FIVE GAMES?
12 Cats Face University of Illinois-Chicago at Rupp
13 Was Cats' Strong Win Over UIC A “Flash In The Pan”
Or A Glimpse Of Better Times Ahead14 Cats Leave Friendly Lexington For Second Time this Season
Face Monmouth In Madison Square Garden15 Cats' Schedule Shifts Gears As Virginia Tech Comes To Rupp
16 Cats Face UCLA In CBS Sports Classic In New Orleans
18 Cats Open 2017-18 SEC Season Against Georgia At Rupp
19 Cats Face First Road Game At LSU
21 After Tennessee, Texas A&M Also Brings
"Double, Double, Toil and Trouble"22 Cats Return To Road To Face Vanderbilt
23 Cats Remain On Road For Fourth Game of First Six At South Carolina
24 Cats Limp Back To Rupp For Battle with SEC Co-Leader
25 Cats Take On Mississippi State To End Losing Streak
26 Cats Take On #10 West Virginia In Morgantown at Double Digit Underdog
27 Triumphant Cats Return To Rupp For Rematch With Vanderbilt
28 Cats Move Into Last Half Of SEC Schedule At Missouri
29 Cats Limp Back From Missouri Seeking Payback Against Tennessee
30 Cats Return To The Road For Rematch With Aggies
31 Cats Limp From Texas A&M to Auburn Carrying a 3-Game Losing Streak
32 Wounded Cats Return To Rupp Desperate To Win
33 Cats Get Badly Need Win Against Alabama and Return To the Road at Arkansas
34 Cats Return To Rupp For Rematch With Missouri
35 Cats Will Face Mississippi For Final Home Game
To Lock Up SEC Tournament #4 Seed36 Cats Close Regular Season At Florida
With SEC Tournament Double Bye and #3 Seed Going To the Winner37 Cats Open Post Season Against Georgia In The SEC Tournamenet Quarterfinals
38 Survive And Advance: That is what Kentucky and Alabama Did Today
They will face each other tomorrow in the SEC Tournament Semifinals39 Cats Advance To SEC Tournament Championship Game To Face Tennessee
40 Kentucky Starts The Pursuit of #9 As #5 Seed Against #12 Seed Davidson
41 Kentucky Advances To Second Round To Face #13 Seed Buffalo
42 Kentucky Enters South Region Favored To Win
First Up Is Kansas State In Sweet 1642A HOW RELIABLE WERE THOSE BLASTED TEA LEAVES
IN NOVEMBER AFTER THE FIRST FIVE GAMES?
Last Game Box Score and Efficiency Data/Trends
for last 3 and 5 games as well as for entire SeasonPREDICTED V. ACTUAL SCORES, MARGINS, AND TOTAL POINTS
FOR ALL GAMES IN THIS AND RECENT SEASONSHISTORICAL DATA FOR ALL SEASONS
KENTUCKY BASKETBALL 1972 THROUG H 2017
TABULATED BY COACHANALYSIS OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
WITH TEAM AVERAGES FROM 2000 THROUGH 2017Data for UK Teams 1996, and 2000 Through 2017 for Each Sort Category
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