Here is the statistical comparison between Kentucky and Florida.
This is a tale of two different sorts of teams. Kentucky is a great defensive team, and Florida is a great offensive team. It is the proverbial immovable object versus the unstoppable force. Florida's young stars against Kentucky's two dynamic seniors. Yang and Yin. Twin sons of different mothers.
Since the last time these two teams met in the O-dome, these two teams have gone in two different directions, Kentucky 10-2, and Florida has gone 5-6. Kentucky has been toughing out close games against seemingly every foe, and Florida has struggled to beat anyone on the road. But Florida did give Tennessee a scare down in Gainesville earlier this week, so it is a more confident Gator team that comes into Rupp tomorrow for Senior Day.
Statistically, these teams are opposites, but one thing that must give Kentucky pause are turnovers. Kentucky has significantly improved their turnovers since the early SEC season and the out of conference schedule, but they are still well behind the Gators in that area. The Gators, who were one of the better three-point shooting teams earlier in the year have begun to go the other way, and UK has a significant lead in conference. Billy Gillispie has to find a way to convince the Wildcats to play the pick and roll much better than the Cats did down in Gainesville, where the Gators were devastating and, even though it was an overtime victory, the Cats were very lucky to force overtime and got pretty much handled in the extra session.
I'll have a more in-depth look at the game in my adversary analysis. For more on the Florida Gators, you can take a visit to our SBNation brothers at Alligator Army, or our friends at Orange and Blue Hue.
Thanks again to Statsheet.com and Basketball State for the statistical data.
Statistic |
UK |
UF |
Comments |
Overall |
16-11 |
21-8 |
|
Conference |
10-4 |
8-6 |
|
Home |
13-4 |
15-3 |
Very similar at home |
Away |
3-6 |
3-5 |
Neither is particularly good on the road |
Top 25 |
2-4 |
1-3 |
Advantage UK |
RPI Top 50 |
5-5 |
2-6 |
Advantage UK |
Ranking |
NR |
NR |
BlogPoll |
RPI |
55 |
60 |
Two teams going in opposite directions. |
SOS |
10 |
104 |
This was always going to be an issue. |
|
|
Overall |
Conf. Only |
|
National rankings |
UK |
UF |
UK |
UF |
Comments |
FG% |
46 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
UF is awesome in this stat |
2 pt FG% |
64 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
Ditto |
3 pt FG% |
105 |
122 |
1 |
7 |
Strange to see this. |
Possessions |
232 |
128 |
12 |
3 |
No surprise |
Offensive Pts/Possession |
139 |
5 |
9 |
2 |
Big advantage to UF |
Defensive Pts/Possession |
71 |
108 |
2 |
11 |
Here's where it turns around |
TO/gm |
276 |
39 |
11 |
9 |
UF is not that much better in conf. |
APG |
197 |
11 |
9 |
1 |
UF is a great passing team. |
A/TO |
268 |
9 |
11 |
1 |
Ditto |
Defensive FG% |
14 |
185 |
2 |
11 |
UF is a lousy defensive team |
Defensive 2-pt FG% |
14 |
190 |
2 |
9 |
Ditto |
Defensive 3-pt FG% |
48 |
111 |
4 |
9 |
Ditto |
Rebounds |
149 |
116 |
8 |
8 |
Tied |
Location based rank* |
75 |
112 |
N/A |
N/a |
UF has not been good on the roadl |
*Factors in how well the team plays away from home |
|
Statistic |
All Games |
Conference Games |
|
|
UK |
UF |
UK |
UF |
Delta (adjusted for all games played) |
Comments |
Total Games |
28 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
-2 |
|
Wins |
17 |
21 |
11 |
8 |
-4 |
|
Losses |
11 |
9 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
|
Pct |
0.61 |
0.7 |
0.73 |
0.53 |
-0.09 |
|
Field Goals Made |
666 |
864 |
334 |
414 |
-140.4 |
|
Field Goals Attempted |
1419 |
1756 |
730 |
879 |
-219.93 |
|
Field Goal Percentage |
0.47 |
0.49 |
0.46 |
0.47 |
-0.02 |
Very close |
Free Throws Made |
435 |
403 |
240 |
208 |
58.87 |
|
Free Throws Attempted |
582 |
567 |
325 |
291 |
52.8 |
|
Free Throw Percentage |
0.75 |
0.71 |
0.74 |
0.72 |
0.04 |
UK is used to having an advantage here, but not against the Gators |
3pt Field Goals Made |
160 |
230 |
78 |
111 |
-54.67 |
|
3pt Field Goals Attempted |
436 |
633 |
210 |
331 |
-154.8 |
|
3pt Field Goal Percentage |
0.37 |
0.36 |
0.37 |
0.34 |
0 |
Advantage UK in conf |
Points |
1927 |
2361 |
986 |
1147 |
-276.6 |
|
Points Per Game |
68.8 |
78.7 |
65.7 |
76.5 |
-9.9 |
Big Florida advantage |
Rebounds |
1017 |
1191 |
545 |
575 |
-94.6 |
|
Rebounds Per Game |
36.3 |
39.7 |
36.3 |
38.3 |
-3.4 |
Close, but small UF edge |
Offensive Rebounds |
271 |
353 |
142 |
169 |
-58.47 |
|
Offensive Rebounds Per Game |
9.7 |
11.8 |
9.5 |
11.3 |
-2.1 |
Again, small UF edge |
Defensive Rebounds |
681 |
729 |
363 |
351 |
0.6 |
|
Defensive Rebounds Per Game |
24.3 |
24.3 |
24.2 |
23.4 |
0 |
Small UK edge |
Assists |
361 |
526 |
179 |
257 |
-165 |
|
Assists Per Game |
12.9 |
17.5 |
11.9 |
17.1 |
-4.6 |
Big Florida advantage |
Steals |
189 |
182 |
90 |
85 |
7 |
|
Steals Per Game |
6.8 |
6.1 |
6 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
Call it even, in conf. |
Turnovers |
454 |
381 |
228 |
194 |
73 |
|
Turnovers Per Game |
16.2 |
12.7 |
15.2 |
12.9 |
3.5 |
UK is doing better, but not that much better. |
Blocks |
134 |
98 |
74 |
44 |
36 |
|
Blocks Per Game |
4.8 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
2.9 |
1.5 |
Big UK advantage |
Fouls |
528 |
469 |
259 |
249 |
59 |
|
Fouls Per Game |
18.9 |
15.6 |
17.3 |
16.6 |
3.3 |
Closer these days. The Cats are fouling less. |
Disqualifications |
15 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
Dead even in conf. |
Game day is Sunday. Go Cats!