Herald-Leader · Jan 23, 2019
Kentucky basketball takes an analytics jump
After Kentucky’s 21-point win over No. 22 Mississippi State on Tuesday night, the Wildcats have crashed Ken Pomeroy’s top 10 in adjusted overall efficiency.
John Calipari’s Cats are now ranked 20th in adjusted offensive efficiency. The big jump, however, has come in defensive adjusted efficiency where UK is now 11th. It held Mississippi State to 0.791 points per possession.
Kentucky’s individual game-by-game stats for 2018-19
As Tom Leach pointed out on his radio show Wednesday, Kentucky is one of five teams to be in kenpom’s Top 20 for offensive and defensive efficiency. The other four: Virginia (4/2), Duke (3/7), Michigan State (5/6) and North Carolina (12/17).
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