Inside The Numbers: Kentucky vs. Florida

Today at noon on CBS, the #3 Kentucky Wildcats will battle the Florida Gators at Rupp Arena on “Senior Day”. The Wildcats rebounded from their loss to Tennessee by beating the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens on Wednesday. Florida is currently on a 2 game losing streak, they lost to Georgia in Athens on February 27th and Vanderbilt in Gainesville on Tuesday. With Vanderbilt losing to South Carolina yesterday, the Wildcats clinched their 44th SEC Championship outright. Here are some numbers and facts of interests headed into today’s game:

“Senior Day”
“Senior Day” has been extremely important and successful to Kentucky historically. I decided to do some research on UK’s last regular season home game. Here is what I found:

Overall Record: 91-15 (.858)
Record vs. SEC: 70-5 (.933)
Record vs. Non-Conference: 21-10 (.677)
Record vs. Ranked Teams: 9-2 (.818)
Record vs. Unranked Teams (Since 1949): 47-2 (.959)
Record when UK is ranked: 41-2 (.953)
Record when UK is unranked (Since 1949): 15-2 (.882)
Record when UK is ranked and opponent is unranked: 35-1 (.972)
Record when both UK and their opponent are ranked: 6-1 (.857)
Record when both UK and their opponent are unranked (Since 1949): 13-1 (.929)
Record when UK is unranked and opponent is ranked: 2-1 (.667)
Longest Win Streak: 32 wins, 1965 to 1996
Longest Losing Streak: 3 losses, 1905 to 1907
Record from 1933 to 1996: 62-1 (.984)
Record from 1997 to 2009: 10-3 (.769)
Most Games Played Against: Vanderbilt, 23 games
Most Wins Against: Vanderbilt, 22 wins
Most Losses Against: 2 losses, Central University and Kentucky University
Record By Decade
1900’s: 2-5 (.286)
1910’s: 7-3 (.700)
1920’s: 8-2 (.800)
1930’s: 9-1 (.900)
1940’s: 10-0 (1.000)
1950’s: 9-0 (1.000)
1960’s: 9-1 (.900)
1970’s: 10-0 (1.000)
1980’s: 10-0 (1.000)
1990’s: 9-1 (.900)
2000’s: 8-2 (.800)
Record By Coach
Pre-Adolph Rupp: 18-10 (.643)
Adolph Rupp: 39-2 (.951)
Joe B. Hall: 13-0 (1.000)
Eddie Sutton: 4-0 (1.000)
Rick Pitino: 7-1 (.875)
Tubby Smith: 9-1 (.900)
Billy Gillispie: 1-1 (.500)
Record By Home Court
State College Gymnasium: 2-5 (.286)
Buell Armory Gymnasium: 11-4 (.733)
Alumni Gymnasium: 24-2 (.923)
Memorial Coliseum: 24-1 (.960)
Rupp Arena: 30-3 (.909)
Record By SEC Opponent
Alabama: 4-0 (1.000)
Auburn: 7-0 (1.000)
Florida: 5-1 (.833) (lost in 2006)
Georgia: 2-1 (.667) (lost in 2009)
Georgia Tech: 4-0 (1.000)
Louisiana State: 4-0 (1.000)
Mississippi: 2-0 (1.000)
Mississippi State: 5-0 (1.000)
Sewanee: 1-0 (1.000)
South Carolina: 0-1 (.000) (lost in 1997)
Tennessee: 13-1 (.929) (lost in 1927)
Tulane: 1-0 (1.000)
Vanderbilt: 22-1 (.957) (lost in 1932)
Kentucky has yet to play Arkansas on Senior Day

Regular Season Win Machine
With one regular season game left on the schedule, the Wildcats have tied the school record for most regular season wins with 28. The 1946-1947 Kentucky squad had a 28-2 regular season record. That particular team went on to win the SEC Tournament, but lose in the NIT Championship game to Utah.

Home Perfection
With a win against the Gators, Kentucky would finish the season 18-0 at home. That would tie the record for most wins at home in UK history. The 1985-1986 Kentucky squad was 18-0 at home, which included 3 SEC Tournament games. If the Wildcats were to win today it would be their 9th season in which they finished the season undefeated in home games at Rupp Arena. The last time UK went undefeated at home was 1999-2000, when they were 14-0 at Rupp Arena.

John Wall And 500 Points
John Wall is only 7 points away from surpassing the 500 point mark on the season. More then likely he will surpass that mark against Florida, his 30th game at UK. If it happens, John Wall would be the 9th player in UK history to score 500 career points within 30 games at UK. Here are the 8 players to accomplish that feat so far:

Cotton Nash (1961-1962): 22 games
Mike Casey (1967-1968): 25 games
Johnny Cox (1956-1957): 26 games
Kevin Grevey (1972-1973): 27 games
Bob Burrow (1954-1955): 27 games
Bill Spivey (1949-1950): 28 games
Louie Dampier (1964-1965): 29 games
Dan Issel (1967-1968): 30 games

Cousins And Wall Scoring Duo
DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall have combined to score 969 points on the season so they are 31 points away from scoring 1,000 points as a duo. To put that into perspective, the record for most points scored by a freshman duo coming into this season was 645 points by Sam Bowie and Derrick Hord in the 1979-1980 season. The record for most points scored by a duo in their first year at UK is 985 points by Mike Casey and Dan Issel in the 1967-1968 season. They were both sophomores but freshman couldn’t play varsity basketball back then, hence why it was their first year playing for UK. So DeMarcus and John only need 17 points to break that record.

UK’s Various Records vs. Florida
UK’s overall record vs. Florida: 87-32 (.731) (won last meeting, 3-7 last 10 meetings)
UK’s record vs. Florida at home: 44-8 (.846)
UK’s record vs. Florida at Rupp Arena: 27-6 (.818) (won last 2 meetings, 8-2 last 10 meetings)
UK’s record when UK is ranked and Florida is unranked: 53-16 (.768) (won last meeting, 6-4 last 10 meetings)
UK’s record when playing Florida on Senior Day: 5-1 (.833) (won last meeting)
UK’s record playing Florida on March 7th on Senior Day: 1-0 (1.000) (3/7/2004 #9 Kentucky – 82 Florida – 62)
UK’s record playing Senior Day on March 7th: 4-0 (1.000)

Other Various Records
UK’s overall record playing on March 7th: 11-5 (.688)
UK’s record playing Florida on March 7th: 2-2 (.500)
Largest crowd to attend a Kentucky/Florida game at Rupp Arena: 24,465 (February 10th, 2007 #20 Kentucky – 61 #1 Florida – 61)
Smallest crowd to attend a Kentucky/Florida game at Rupp Arena: 22,055 (January 11th, 1992 #15 Kentucky 81 Florida – 60)
Largest crowd to attend a Kentucky Senior Day at Rupp Arena: 24,332 (March 7th, 1992 #10 Kentucky – 99 Tennessee – 88 Seniors: Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus, John Pelphrey, Sean Woods)
Smallest crowd to attend a Kentucky Senior Day at Rupp Arena: 22,488 (February 28th, 2001 #15 Kentucky – 90 Auburn – 78 Senior: Saul Smith)

RPI Rankings (As Of 9:30 P.M. March 6th)
Kentucky: 4th
Kentucky’s Strength Of Schedule: 39th
Florida: 52nd
Florida’s Strength Of Schedule: 37th

Pomeroy Ratings (As Of March 5th)
Kentucky: 9th
Kentucky’s Strength Of Schedule: 61st
Kentucky’s Non-Conference Strength Of Schedule: 190th
Florida: 49th
Florida’s Strength Of Schedule: 66th
Florida’s Non-Conference Strength Of Schedule: 213th

Sagarin Ratings (As Of March 5th)
Kentucky: 4th
Kentuck
y’s Strength Of Schedule: 65th
Florida: 42nd
Florida’s Strength Of Schedule: 51st

Kentucky In The Top 30 In Team Statistics (As Of March 4th)
Blocks Per Game: 4th (7.4)
Field Goal Percentage Defense: 12th (38.2%)
Field Goal Percentage: 20th (47.8%)
Rebound Margin: 3rd (+9.1)
Rebounds Per Game: T-3rd (42)
Offensive Rebounds Per Game: T-9th (14.8)
Defensive Rebounds Per Game: 10th (27.2)
Scoring Margin: 7th (+14.4)
Scoring Offense: 12th (79.9)

Florida In The Top 30 In Team Statistics (As Of March 4th)
Fouls Per Game: 5th (14.5)

Kentucky Players In The Top 50 In Individual Statistics (As Of March 4th)
Assists Per Game: John Wall, 5th (6.2)
Field Goal Percentage: Patrick Patterson, 7th (58.8%) DeMarcus Cousins, 27th (54.5%)
Rebounds Per Game: DeMarcus Cousins, 19th (10.1)
Offensive Rebounds Per Game: DeMarcus Cousins, 6th (4.3) Patrick Patterson, T-47th (3.4)
Points Per 40 Minutes: DeMarcus Cousins, 4th (27.6)
Turnovers Per Game: John Wall, 10th (4)

Florida Players In The Top 50 In Individual Statistics (As Of March 4th)
Assists Per Game: Erving Walker, 46th (5)

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