Inside The Numbers: Florida Gators
By Corey Price
Tony Greene And Refereeing Longevity
Wednesday night’s game against Auburn for the Wildcats was the 99th game all-time in which Tony Greene was a referee in a game involving Kentucky. The next time Tony Greene referees a Kentucky game he will surpass a milestone of 100 Kentucky games as a referee, something that few have done. Here’s the short list of referees that have done so:
Men To Referee In 100 Kentucky Games
- 135 games, John Clougherty, 1982-2005 (96-39 overall record, 70-30 in the first 100 games)
- 120 games, Don Rutledge, 1978-2000 (93-27 overall record, 75-25 in the first 100 games)
- 106 games, Dan Tehan, 1929-1954 (91-15 overall record, 85-15 in the first 100 games)
- 105 games, Bowser Chest, 1931-1951 (85-20 overall record, 81-19 in the first 100 games)
- 99 games, Tony Greene, 1994-Present (68-31 overall record, ? in the first 100 games)
Team Rankings
RPI
- Kentucky: 10th
- Kentucky’s Strength Of Schedule: 9th
- Florida: 4th
- Florida’s Strength Of Schedule: 26th
Sagarin Ratings
- Kentucky: 17th
- Kentucky’s Strength Of Schedule: 50th
- Florida: 8th
- Florida’s Strength Of Schedule: 64th
Pomeroy Ratings
- Kentucky: 14th
- Kentucky’s Offensive Efficiency: 10th
- Kentucky’s Defensive Efficiency: 32nd
- Kentucky’s Strength Of Schedule: 49th
- Kentucky’s Non-Conference Strength Of Schedule: 75th
- Florida: 4th
- Florida’s Offensive Efficiency: 22nd
- Florida’s Defensive Efficiency: 7th
- Florida’s Strength Of Schedule: 56th
- Florida’s Non-Conference Strength Of Schedule: 86th
ESPN BPI
- Kentucky: 6th
- Kentucky’s Strength Of Schedule: 24th
- Florida: 3rd
- Florida’s Strength Of Schedule: 55th
Team-By-Team Statistical Comparison (Ranking Out Of 351 NCAA Division I Schools)
- Field-Goal Percentage: Kentucky – 46.8% (59th) Florida – 46.1% (82nd)
- Opponent Field-Goal Percentage: Kentucky – 39.5% (24th) Florida – 39.2% (20th)
- Free-Throw Percentage: Kentucky – 67.5% (255th) Florida – 66.4% (285th)
- Opponent Free-Throw Percentage: Kentucky – 67.6% (73rd) Florida – 67.9% (85th)
- 3-Point Field-Goal Percentage: Kentucky – 32.2% (267th) Florida – 34.4% (173rd)
- Opponent 3-Point Field-Goal Percentage: Kentucky – 29.7% (21st) Florida – 33.5% (128th)
- Points Scored Per Possession: Kentucky – 1.15 (18th) Florida – 1.12 (51st)
- Points Allowed Per Possession: Kentucky – 0.97 (47th) Florida – 0.91 (8th)
- Points Scored Per Game: Kentucky – 78.8 (33rd) Florida – 71.2 (184th)
- Points Allowed Per Game: Kentucky – 66.3 (74th) Florida – 57.9 (6th)
- Scoring Margin: Kentucky – +12.6 PPG (18th) Florida – +13.3 PPG (14th)
- Rebounds Per Game: Kentucky – 41.8 (7th) Florida – 37 (83rd)
- Opponent Rebounds Per Game: Kentucky – 31.6 (46th) Florida – 31.1 (34th)
- Rebound Margin: Kentucky – +10.3 RPG (3rd) Florida – +5.8 RPG (29th)
- Assists Per Game: Kentucky – 12 (232nd) Florida – 12.9 (160th)
- Opponent Assists Per Game: Kentucky – 10 (19th) Florida – 9.4 (6th)
- Assist-To-Turnover Ratio: Kentucky – 1:1 (195th) Florida – 1.13:1 (105th)
- Opponent Assist-To-Turnover Ratio: Kentucky – 0.9:1 (103rd) Florida – 0.68:1 (13th)
- Steals Per Game: Kentucky – 4.8 (311th) Florida – 6.8 (101st)
- Opponent Steals Per Game: Kentucky – 5.5 (T-77th) Florida – 5.5 (T-77th)
- Turnovers Per Game: Kentucky – 12 (140th) Florida – 11.5 (89th)
- Opponent Turnovers Per Game: Kentucky – 11.1 (298th) Florida – 13.9 (74th)
- Turnover Margin: Kentucky – (-0.9) TOPG (244th) Florida – +2.4 TOPG (40th)
- Blocks Per Game: Kentucky – 6.7 (4th) Florida – 3.1 (225th)
- Opponent Blocks Per Game: Kentucky – 3.1 (82nd) Florida – 3 (65th)
- Fouls Per Game: Kentucky – 19 (166th) Florida – 16.1 (14th)
- Opponent Fouls Per Game: Kentucky – 23.3 (7th) Florida – 20.1 (109th)
Individual Players In The NCAA Division I Top 100
- Field-Goal Percentage: Casey Prather, Florida – 61.2% (T-28th), Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky – 59.7% (T-53rd)
- 3-Point Field-Goal Percentage: Michael Frazier II, Florida – 42.5% (T-56th)
- Rebounds Per Game: Julius Randle, Kentucky – 9.833 (19th)
- Turnovers Per Game: Julius Randle, Kentucky – 2.958 (T-70th)
- Blocks Per Game: Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky – 3.042 (T-18th)
- Double-Doubles: Julius Randle, Kentucky – 12 (T-11th)
Kentucky Individual Game Records vs. Florida
- Points: 37, Dan Issel (1/10/1974 and 2/14/1970)
- Rebounds: 24, Dan Issel (12/4/1967)
- Assists: 11, Dicky Beal (2/13/1984)
- Steals: 6, Anthony Epps (2/15/1997)
- Blocks: 6, Melvin Turpin (1/17/1983) and Anthony Davis (3/4/2012)
- Field-Goals Made: 16, Vernon Hatton (1/31/1958) and Kevin Grevey (2/25/1974)
- 3-Point Field-Goals Made: 8, Cameron Mills (2/1/1998)
- Free-Throws Made: 14, John Adams (1/30/1965)
Florida Individual Game Records vs. Kentucky
- Points: 37, Chip Williams (1/26/1974)
- Rebounds: 29, Neal Walk (12/4/1967)
- Assists: 10, Norman Caldwell (1/26/1974)
- Steals: 5, Clifford Lett (1/12/1989)
- Blocks: 4, Eugene McDowell (1/17/1983), Dwayne Schintzius (1/20/1988), Al Horford (3/6/2005), Joakim Noah (3/5/2006), Marrese Speights (1/19/2008), and Patric Young (2/12/2013)
- Field-Goals Made: 14, Chip Williams (1/26/1974)
- 3-Point Field-Goals Made: 6, Anthony Roberson (3/7/2004)
- Free-Throws Made: 16, Dan Cross (2/18/1995)
Kentucky Team Game Records vs. Florida
- Points: 110 (2/14/1970)
- Rebounds: 66 (12/4/1967)
- Assists: 26 (2/14/1977)
- Steals: 19 (2/18/1998)
- Blocks: 11 (3/11/1995)
- Field-Goals Made: 45 (2/14/1970)
- 3-Point Field-Goals Made: 12 (3/13/1994 and 2/1/1998)
- Free-Throws Made: 38 (1/30/1965)
Florida Team Game Records vs. Kentucky
- Points: 96 (1/13/1968)
- Rebounds: 72 (1/14/1967)
- Assists: 25 (1/26/1974 and 2/14/1987)
- Steals: 12 (2/14/1983 and 3/7/2009)
- Blocks: 9 (2/12/2013)
- Field-Goals Made: 40 (1/13/1968)
- 3-Point Field-Goals Made: 12 (2/1/1998)
- Free-Throws Made: 34 (1/23/1965)