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Coming this season from Hoops Insight: Stats Profile dashboards! I have spent some time developing a one-page stats profile dashboard that I can share with my subscribers in order to summarize some of the key stats that I like to look at when analyzing Kentucky's performances. This season,
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UK has reached another level this postseason Heading into the Sweet 16, Kentucky is undefeated in the postseason. It's not just a matter of getting lucky, or playing overmatched teams; the Wildcats have legitimately stepped up their play. Over 5 games, UK has outscored opponents by +66 points
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Before UMBC's historic win over Virginia, 16 seeds were 0-135 in the NCAA Tournament. Prior to the 2016 NCAA Tournament, FiveThirtyEight.com featured an article that made the claim that 16 seeds had actually been very unlucky not to get a win (0-124 at that time), and that
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UK has feasted on poor defensive rebounding teams this year Kentucky ranks 8th in the country in offensive rebound percentage, by far their highest rank in any offensive statistic. That ranking was not earned by facing down a gauntlet of rebounding titans, however. Kentucky only faced 2 teams all season
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First, what makes a good matchup for the Wildcats? Before we get ahead of ourselves, I'll set some basic ground rules for how I'd determine what makes a good matchup for UK. I'm going to discuss teams in terms of their performance in the
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Reasons for optimism, despite a gut-wrenching loss There's no two ways to put it; UofL's loss to Virginia was maybe the most stunning and deflating end to a basketball game I've ever seen. But, as dispiriting as the 5-0 Virginina run to end the
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UK has played much better lately...and it seems to be due to better shooting UK has been turnover-prone, but it may not be all their fault This season, Kentucky ranks 222nd nationally in frequency of turnovers; they commit one on just over 19% of their possessions. That's
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UK has lost 3 games in a row...how bad is it? Kentucky's consecutive losses against Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas A&M have spun a web of uncertainty around their NCAA tournament aspirations. Huge comeback wins against West Virginia and Vanderbilt revived memories of the 1998 NCAA
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UK has lost 3 games in a row...how bad is it? Kentucky's consecutive losses against Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas A&M have spun a web of uncertainty around their NCAA tournament aspirations. Huge comeback wins against West Virginia and Vanderbilt revived memories of the 1998 NCAA
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On the road, UK is committing fouls and not forcing turnovers UK has played 6 true road games this season, and is 3-3 in those games. None of the wins have been by double digits, and two of the wins have come against LSU and Vanderbilt, who are two of
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Basketball teammates can have a huge impact on each other A college basketball team is like one big chemistry experiment. The coach mixes together a number of players, all of whom have distinct skills, athletic ability, motivations, and emotions. No individual player exists in a vacuum; their performance is inextricably
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UK has flat-out struggled in the last 6 games Since January 6th, UK is 3-3. This isn't a case of some fluke losses along with blowout wins; UK has scored exactly the same amount of points in those 6 games as their opponents. Many of UK's