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GOG 2009-10 #15: Georgia

A really terrible Georgia team won last year in Rupp Arena on Senior Day by shooting lights out from beyond the arc. This Georgia team is better than that one and has a couple of solid wins over an "okay" Illinois team and a decent Georgia Tech squad. Still, this is about as close to a "gimme" as UK will have all season in the SEC and I expect that Cats will not have much a problem with the Dogs.

Series History:


This is the 135th matchup between the Bulldogs and the Wildcats. Kentucky is just 4-3 over the last seven contests between the two schools, but has dominated the series winning 110 of the 134 games overall.

 

Basic Information:

  • GOG #00 has information about the game.  Follow the link if you have any questions.
  • Statsheet.com has information about Georgia.
  • Congratulations to Wild Weasel for winning GOG #14!  Follow the link for full results.

 

GOG 2009 #15: Georgia [Max 40 Points]

  1. Who wins the game? [+1 if correct, -1 if incorrect] UK
  2. How many points does UK score? [4 pts if correct, 3 pts within one, 2 pts within two, 1 pt within three] 76
  3. How many points does UGA score? [4 pts if correct, 3 pts within one, 2 pts within two, 1 pt within three] 68
  4. Total points scored in the game by both teams combined: over/under 145. [+1 if correct, -1 if incorrect] Under, just barely with a combined score 144
  5. Even after a terrible performance against UL, UK is shooting 40.6% on its threes. Last season Jodie Meeks shot 40.6% on his threes. The entire team collectively is shooting as well as Jodie Meeks - that's just mind boggling to me. How many 3's does UK make against Georgia? How many 3's do they attempt? [3 pts each] Ick, another 2-14. 
  6. Putting on a show: Does a UK player accomplish any of the following: 20+ rebounds, 30+ points, 15+ assists, 7+ steals, or 8+ blocks? [+1 if correct, -1 if incorrect] No
  7. Daniel Orton continues to give the team a solid player off the bench, but I hope he starts to show a better offensive game in conference play. Predict Orton's points/rebounds/blocks. [2 pts each] 3/3/1
  8. Georgia does not force a lot of turnovers. How many UK players play in the game and do not commit a TO? [3 pts] 3 players managed to avoid giving the ball away: Dodson, Liggins, and Stevenson in 34 combined minutes
  9. As UK enters SEC play I would imagine that playing time will dwindle for guys at the end of the bench. This game is one where we might see guys like Mark Krebs get some minutes. Predict Krebs' points/field goal attempts/rebounds. [2 pts each] A closer-than-expected game prevented a Krebs appearance: 0/0/0
  10. UK is getting an assist on 57.4% of its made field goals. The NCAA average is 53.7%. What is UK's assist percentage (assists/made field goals) against Georgia? Any guess that is within 3 percentage points of the answer will be counted correct. [3 pts] Tough game for assists as the Cats got 9 on 26 FGM for 34.6%
  11. One area where Georgia is quite good is at the free throw line: both getting there and preventing opponents from getting there. They also shoot 71.7% from the line, 81st best in the country (as of Friday). Which team gets to the line more? Which team makes more free throws? [+1 if correct, -1 if incorrect each] UK got the better on both ends: 33-15 in attempts, 22-12 in makes
  12. Purdue, Kansas, and Texas are all unbeaten and play games this weekend. How many teams remain unbeaten at the end of the weekend? [3 pts] And then there were 2: Purdue and Kansas go down

Deadline for entries is tip-off at 4:00 PM Saturday, January 9.

Congratulations to Ken Howlett for winning with an astounding 21 points!  This was a high scoring GOG as btcoop71 took second with 15 points and Wild Weasel finished 3rd with 13.  A special welcome to bluecrip to the GOG!  Don't get discouraged by your score - just look at mine!  We also have the first GOGer to clear the triple digit mark: a2d2 leads the overall standings with 102 points, but Wild Weasel is close behind at 99!  Ken and btcoop both continue their strong play and are 2nd and 1st respectively  in Average, but both are making up ground in the overall standings too.

Full results are below.  Please check your points.  I did some reformatting on the spread sheet I'm using to track scores and while I'm pretty sure everything is still correct, if you think there is a problem with your score let me know.

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Mean 8.53
St. Dev 5.11
Median 8
Mode 8

 

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RK UserName # of GOGs GOG #15 TOTAL PTS Rank by PTS AVERAGE Rank by AVG
1 Ken Howlett 9 21 87 4 0.249 2
2 btcoop71 8 15 85 6 0.268 1
3 Wild Weasel 14 13 99 2 0.190 5
4 kentuckygirl0724 7 11 46 15 0.187 6
5 a2d2 15 9 102 1 0.183 7
5 floundringaround 15 9 81 9 0.146 14
7 EagleTDL 13 8 83 8 0.171 10
7 tippey 8 8 52 13 0.177 8
7 UKlvrJM 11 8 84 7 0.200 4
10 UKWildCatFanatic 12 7 65 11 0.143 15
11 BigSkyCat 15 6 88 3 0.158 11
11 Shive 3 6 22 17 0.190
13 shouto 2 5 12 23 0.148
14 JLeverenz 15 1 86 5 0.155 13
14 bluecrip 1 1 1 27 0.025
Acdixon 7
57 12 0.226 3
bluelaw 3
16 19 0.154
dancoo626 11
69 10 0.171 9
E4 1
3 26 0.083
GoLightning 6
37 16 0.155 12
hoboat33 1
7 24 0.226
KYCatwoman 1
6 25 0.162
memphis wildcat 1
1 27 0.024
Ontherocks 3
16 19 0.162
RandomGuy0 9
48 14 0.140 16
SpartanWildcat 2
14 21 0.21
vinceuk1 2
13 22 0.21
yearofthecat 2
20 18 0.28