Kentucky basketball vs. Kansas all-time

(updated through January 2017 meeting)

Kentucky and Kansas are most certainly among the top programs in college basketball history.  UK is quite arguably #1 (as they own most lists other than national titles), while Kansas is probably about #3, 4 or 5 when you assess various criteria.

A brief comparison of some statistics...

WINS (through 2016 season):
1) KENTUCKY
2) KANSAS
3) NORTH CAROLINA
4) DUKE
5) TEMPLE
6) SYRACUSE
7) NOTRE DAME
8) UCLA
9) ST. JOHN'S
10) INDIANA
11) LOUISVILLE

WINNING PERCENTAGE (through 2016 season):
1) KENTUCKY
2) NORTH CAROLINA
3) KANSAS
4) DUKE
5) UCLA
6) SYRACUSE
7) LOUISVILLE
8) WESTERN KENTUCKY
9) ARIZONA
10) NOTRE DAME
11) ST. JOHN'S
12) ILLINOIS
13) VILLANOVA
14) UCONN
15) MURRAY STATE
16) TEMPLE
17) INDIANA

TOURNAMENT WINS (through 2016 season):
1) KENTUCKY - 123
2) NORTH CAROLINA - 117
3) DUKE - 107
4) UCLA - 104
5) KANSAS - 100
6) INDIANA - 75
7) LOUISVILLE - 66

CHAMPIONSHIPS (through 2016 season):
1) UCLA - 11
2) KENTUCKY - 8
t-3) NORTH CAROLINA - 5
t-3) INDIANA - 5
t-5) DUKE - 4
t-5) UCONN - 4
t-7) KANSAS - 3
t-7) LOUISVILLE - 3

FINAL FOURS (through 2016 season):
1) NORTH CAROLINA - 19
t-2) KENTUCKY - 17
t-2) UCLA - 17
4) DUKE - 16
5) KANSAS - 14
t-6) LOUISVILLE - 10
t-6) OHIO STATE - 10
8) MICHIGAN STATE - 9
9) INDIANA - 8

AVERAGE RANKINGS ON ALL ABOVE LISTS:
1) KENTUCKY - 1.4
2) NORTH CAROLINA - 2.2
t-3) UCLA - 4
t-3) DUKE - 4
5) KANSAS - 4.4
6) LOUISVILLE - 7.6
7) INDIANA - 9

What about head-to-head?  Kentucky has gotten the best of the Jayhawks there, too.  

22-8 overall (73.3%), which is the best mark the Wildcats own against any of the blue bloods.

The breakdown:

HOME GAMES: 7-2 (77.8%)

Rupp Arena: 4-2 (66.7%) - wins in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1990...losses in 2005 and 2017

Memorial Coliseum: 3-0 (100%) - wins in 1950, 1969 and 1972

ROAD GAMES: 7-5 (58.3%)

"Phog" Allen Fieldhouse: 7-5 (58.3%) - wins in 1959, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 and 1983...losses in 1973, 1985, 1989, 2006 and 2016

NEUTRAL SITES: 8-1 (88.9%)

Freedom Hall (Louisville): 3-0 (100%) - regular season wins in 1974, 1982 and 1984

Superdome (New Orleans): 2-0 (100%) - wins in 1999 NCAA Tournament Round of 32 and the 2012 NCAA Championship Game

United Center (Chicago): 1-1 (50%) - win in 1998 Great Eight regular season matchup, loss in 2007 NCAA Tournament Round of 32

Madison Square Garden (NYC): 1-0 (100%) - win in 2011 Champions Classic regular season matchup

Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis): 1-0 (100%) - win in 2014 Champions Classic regular season matchup

REGULAR SEASON OVERALL: 20-7
NCAA TOURNAMENT: 2-1

By coach?

Calipari: 3-2 (1-0 in NCAA Tournament)

Tubby: 2-3 (1-1 in NCAA Tournament)

Pitino: 1-1 (the one loss was by 55 in Lawrence)

Sutton: 0-1 (17-point loss in Lawrence)

Hall: 12-1 (amazing record!)

Rupp: 4-0

By opposing coach?

Bill Self: is 5-3 against UK (3-0 vs. Tubby, 2-3 vs. Cal)

Roy Williams: was 1-3 against UK (1-1 vs. Pitino, 0-2 vs. Tubby)

Larry Brown: was 1-2 against UK (0-2 vs. Hall, 1-0 vs. Sutton)

Ted Owens: was 1-12 against UK (0-2 vs. Rupp, 1-10 vs. Hall)

Dick Harp: was 0-1 against UK (1959 vs. Rupp)

Forrest "Phog" Allen: was 0-1 against UK (1950 vs. Rupp)