Kentucky at Georgia -- Statistical comparison

by Truzenzuzex on Feb 1, 2008 7:48 AM EST in Basketball Comment 5 comments

Here is the statistical comparison between Georgia and Kentucky.

What jumps out to me is that we finally out-statistic a team. USC was pretty even with us, but we are a significantly better team on paper than the Dawgs.

Georgia really struggles shooting the basketball. They are at the bottom of the league in scoring, FG% and 3-point FG%. Even more amazing, the Cats have a better assist to turnover ratio than Georgia -- quite possibly the first time UK has lead an opponent in that stat since league play began.

Conversely, Georgia is second in the SEC in scoring defense, 3rd in 3-point shooting defense, first in steals and third in offensive rebounds. Kentucky is anything but an offensive juggernaut, and with Georgia contesting every basket, this game will most likely be an ugly, low-scoring war of attrition. Kentucky has not fared particularly well against aggressive man-to-man defense this year, and has had a tendency to turn the ball over when pressed hard. Georgia will press us hard.

I'll have a more in-depth look at the game in my adversary analysis. For more on the Georgia Bulldogs, please be sure to visit our SBNation brothers at Dawg Sports.

Thanks again to Statsheet.com and Basketball State for the statistical data.

Statistic	UK	UGA	Comments
*Overall*	9-9	11-7
*Conference*	3-2	2-3
*Home*	9-4	10-0
*Away*	0-4	1-4
*Top 25*	2-2	0-1
*RPI Top 50*	3-3	1-2
*Ranking*	NR	NR	BlogPoll
*RPI*	137	114
*SOS*	27	106

National rankings	UK	UGA	Comments
FG%	51	180
2 pt FG%	42	186
3 pt FG%	143	231
Possessions	176	122
Offensive Pts/Possession	96	191
Defensive Pts/Possession	88	66	Tough defenses
TO/gm	291	217	Ugh.
APG	144	299	Georgia can't pass.
A/TO	239	289	We are better than somebody!
Rebounds	104	143

Stat	All Games		Conference Games
Stat	UK	UGA	UK	UGA	Delta (adjusted for games played for all games)	Comments
Total Games	18	18	5	5	0
Wins	9	11	3	2	-2
Losses	9	7	2	3	2
Pct	0.5	0.61	0.6	0.4	-0.11
Field Goals Made	452	449	120	114	3
Field Goals Attempted	961	1032	272	298	-71
Field Goal Percentage	0.47	0.44	0.44	0.38	0.04	Georgia is the worst offensive team in the SEC.
Free Throws Made	288	246	93	62	42
Free Throws Attempted	374	361	117	90	13
Free Throw Percentage	0.77	0.68	0.8	0.69	0.09	We are the best in the SEC
3pt Field Goals Made	112	107	30	27	5
3pt Field Goals Attempted	312	335	86	101	-23
3pt Field Goal Percentage	0.36	0.32	0.35	0.27	0.04	Georgia is the worst in the league
Points	1304	1251	363	317	53
Points Per Game	72.4	69.5	72.6	63.4	2.9	Not much difference. Defensive teams
Rebounds	676	760	204	209	-84
Rebounds Per Game	37.6	42.2	40.8	41.8	-4.6	Can you believe they get more per game than us?
Offensive Rebounds	195	246	66	69	-51
Offensive Rebounds Per Game	10.8	13.7	13.2	13.8	-2.9	Ditto
Defensive Rebounds	440	443	122	115	-3
Defensive Rebounds Per Game	24.4	24.6	24.4	23	-0.2	Call this even
Assists	247	212	65	49	35
Assists Per Game	13.7	11.8	13	9.8	1.9	At least we get more assists than somebody.
Steals	134	141	35	45	-7
Steals Per Game	7.4	7.8	7	9	-0.4	About even
Turnovers	301	287	75	78	14
Turnovers Per Game	16.7	15.9	15	15.6	0.8	We're getting better.
Blocks	84	66	24	17	18
Blocks Per Game	4.7	3.7	4.8	3.4	1	Small advantage to UK
Fouls	368	319	99	94	49
Fouls Per Game	20.4	17.7	19.8	18.8	2.7	We out-foul almost everybody.
Disqualifications	13	4	4	1	9