Basketball Domination Across the Nation
by JLeverenz on Oct 23, 2011 2:42 PM EDT
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PrintKentucky Basketball has many superlatives associated with it: first school to 2000 victories, 7 national titles, 14 Final Fours, highest winning percentage in D1, etc. But the other day I wondered if Kentucky had truly conquered the nation as a whole: did the Cats own a victory against a school in every state in the country?
Fortunately, thanks to the absolute greatest Kentucky resource ever - Jon Scott's Kentucky Basketball Page - this question is quite easy to answer. The answer is "no", but reading through the list of opponents by state led me to wonder: does UK hold a winning record against every state that they've played a D1 school from? So what follows is a breakdown of how UK has performed against D1 schools grouped by state.
For simplicity I've only counted games against schools which are currently in Division 1. All games against the school are counted regardless of the actual location of the game. For example, against the state of Tennessee all games against UT and Vanderbilt are counted, even the ones that came in Rupp or at the SEC Tournament.
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- UK has never played a school from North Dakota or Vermont. They have played Alaska-Anchorage five times, but it is not a D1 school (there are no D1 schools in Alaska).
- Kentucky has a winning record against all other states except Connecticut (0.500). The District of Columbia is also 0.500 against the Cats.
- Most of the states that UK is perfect against only involve 1 or 2 games, but the states of Oregon (7-0) and Washington (5-0) have failed in 12 combined contests to beat the Cats.
- Within the state of Kentucky, Georgetown College (my alma mater!) has more wins against the Cats than Louisville does (15 to 14). I find this amusing for some reason. The last win by the Tigers came in 1927, but still.
Bonus Map!
Here's how UK's schedule this year looks like based on which states the schools are located in. The shading has been retained to reflect UK's current record against each state.
Calipari has overseen the restoration of the program and with a bit of luck will get banner #8 this year. I think his next priority is pretty clear: get Vermont and either North Dakota or North Dakota St on the schedule next season!
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Looks like I voted in the majority
but my vote counts only in recent years. It is sweet to post a victory against UNC and Duke. In years past, Indiana, Tennessee, or Florida may have won the vote.
ALLLLL RIIIIIIIGHT, JL,
some basketball to quicken our pulses and lift our hearts!!! The summer doldrums are gone, hoops season is back, and I, for one, am darned glad!!! The “concussion-maker” (NFL) season is only half over, and I’m already tired of it. I just heard (through another conversation) today that Troy Polamalu (sp?) had two concussins in HS and five in college. Ever hear of a basketball player doing that?
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME B-BALL???
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena . . .who spends himself for a worthy cause . . ."
I'm Ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God Bless Our Troops............Especially Our Snipers!
by bigbill992001 on Oct 23, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Great Article
I love this article ! I have never thought about this before ! I’m with you lets schedule some schools in Vermont and North Dakota, with Alaska too ! Let’s run the table on the nation. I’m linking this on my website by the way, it is awesome !
JL, Great Article, but ...
(Isn’t there always a but?), in my case, I prefer to beat Louisville and dominate our home state, first. But, that is an ‘other’ selection. Then I’m on to North Carolina, where we need to get some back to wipe out UNC’s winning edge over us and then Duke. From there, I want to continue to dominate the SEC and grind their bones to make our bread. After having my toast and jam, I hate Kansas and UCLA. If we won every game against them for the next million years, (How long is Cal’s contract?) it wouldn’t be enough.
I thought about that
It just didn’t seem right to list “Kentucky” as an option. I did consider modifying the map to make Louisville it’s own state ;-)
1/x doesn't die, it just fades away.
Maybe we should work on this
Kentucky has a winning record against all other states except Connecticut (0.500). The District of Columbia is also 0.500 against the Cats.
I would have voted for this. On second thought, maybe I should have voted other instead.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Only .500 against District of Columbia
Suit up Obama, Biden, McConnell, Cantor and all the rest of the vermin from both parties and lets gather a team of ex-Cats and give them all a very good ass-whipping for screwing this fine country up.
A man is nothing more than a summation of his scars!
Exactly, BCinVA! - LOL, maybe not Yale as we have a winning record against them, but Cal needs to pick up on this ...
I mean, I have nothing against Transylvania but I’d much prefer to work down the list of teams with a winning record AGAINST US! How hard would it be to schedule off this list!?!
Can you believe St.Louis has a winning record against us? Or CCNY, Ohio Wesleyan and New York University? Does Otterbein even still have a team? – yes, the Cardinals – play’em! And if there is a team I want to revisit to deliver a beat down it’s Gardner -Webb! And, though Cal might not want to stir the ire of the Memphis faithful by thumping their rear-end, but, hey, when you make $4.75 million there are some job responsiblities you’d otherwise avoid – everything isn’t fan-crushes and championships you know!
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