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First, a mea culpa. My last article was hilariously titled “Why UK fans shouldn’t worry too much”. I believed UK’s struggles over the last few weeks of the season were explainable and not systematic, and that UK would get back to a more impressive form when the stakes
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The Wildcat takeover of Tampa didn’t turn out quite like everyone had hoped. Instead of adding to their dominance in SEC Tournament championships, UK fell to the wayside while Tennessee captured their first SEC Tournament since 1979. Much of Wildcat Twitter was draped in doom and gloom afterwards, and
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The name of the game in the postseason is “survive and advance”, and UK achieved that at least. The Cats didn’t look great against Vanderbilt but seized control behind a resurgent TyTy Washington to oust the Commodores and set up a semifinal tilt against Tennessee. The Volunteers are one
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With Big Blue Nation staging a Tampa Takeover, it’s once again time for Kentucky to try to add to their record number of SEC Tournament titles. It’s an unusually strong year for the conference, with a Wildcat team considered a national title contender only managing to land a
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Unless otherwise noted, the data below comes from my publicly available stats engine. See the data for yourself: https://hoopsinsight.shinyapps.io/HoopsInsight/ Kentucky doesn’t have much left to prove in the regular season. They have shown they can blow out even the best opponents, they can grind out
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Kentucky’s run through the gauntlet of SEC play is almost over, and the Wildcats have largely survived intact. Kentucky’s guards had their share of bumps, bruises, and missed games, and the Cats likely won’t be claiming the SEC regular season title, but they made statement after statement
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The Kentucky Wildcats are nearing the end of maybe the most difficult 4 game stretch that any top 20 team will play this season. As if the quality of opponent didn’t make the games tough enough, Kentucky has been down 2 starters for the last 2 games and much
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Last Saturday Kentucky once again proved their mettle by facing a tough conference foe while short-handed and coming out with a victory. Kentucky is now 4-0 in 4 conference games where they were missing one or both of their starting guards, with wins over Georgia, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State
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The loss at Tennessee was a unique experience this season for Kentucky fans. For the first time this season, the Wildcats trailed significantly for most of the meaningful part of a game. UK did not have a double digit loss all season before the Vols managed that feat, and had
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After a stretch of 4 straight Saturdays playing teams rated in the top 20 by KenPom (3 of them on the road), UK got a brief respite against South Carolina and Florida. While the Cats were able to rack up 2 victories, they also racked up a pair of injuries
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At this point in the season, we know Kentucky is one of the best teams in the country. We also know UK is consistently very good, as their only 2 stumbles in conference play came 1) on the road, 2) against very good teams, and 3) with the asterisk of
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A core tenet of basketball analytics is that different types of shots are more valuable than others, based on a) how often those types of shots go in and b) how many points you get for making them. It’s basic math when you boil it down to the simplest