1) UK beat hated SEC rival Florida by 20 points.
On the surface, that already sounds nice. But consider the following:
- this is only the 14th time in AP poll history (since '48-49) that UK has beaten a top-10 opponent by 20 points
- UK hasn't beaten Florida by 20 since Senior Day 2004
- UK has now won four SEC games in a row by 20 or more points. They haven't done that since 1993, and haven't won five in a row by that margin since 1959. The school record is 12 SEC victories in a row by 20+, which happened in the undefeated 1954 season.
2) UK made 60% of its threes (9 of 15)
- this was the best percentage since making 10 of 16 (63%) against Boston University 11/30/10
- last time they bested this in league play was 12 of 19 (63%) at #24 UT 1/13/09 (the Meeks 54 game)
- last time they made 60% or more of their threes against a top ten opponent was....never
3) UK held hot-shooting Florida to 6 of 27 from behind the arc
- the last time an opponent shot a worse percentage while still hoisting up 27+ attempts was Liberty, which went 6 of 28 on 11/21/07
- the last time a league opponent "accomplished" that was South Carolina, which went 6 of 28 on 1/11/03 at Rupp
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