(updated through 2016)
UK has reached 17 Final Fours. Like every other important statistical measure, this one places UK high on the national list - behind only UNC and UCLA. Let's take a look at UK's results in national semifinals and title games.
Semifinals: UK is 12-5 (70.6%)
Wins: Holy Cross (1948), Illinois (1949 and 1951), Temple (1958), Duke (1966), Syracuse (1975), Arkansas (1978), UMass (1996), Minnesota (1997), Stanford (1998), Louisville (2012), Wisconsin (2014)
Losses: Dartmouth (1942), Georgetown (1984), Michigan (1993), UConn (2011), Wisconsin (2015)
In the seeded era: 5-4 (55.6%)
As a #1 seed: 3-3 (50%) - won in 96, 97 and 12; lost in 84, 93 and 15
Note: UK has only played one team seeded lower than #3 in a national semifinal - 4-seeded Louisville in 2012.
All-time semifinal team:
C Bill Spivey - 28 points in '51
F Alex Groza - 50 points combined in '48 and '49
F Jack Givens - 47 points combined in '75 and '78
G Jeff Sheppard - 27 points in '98
G Louie Dampier - 23 points in '66
Honorable mention - Anthony Davis - 18 points, 14 rebounds, 5 blocks in 2012
National title games: UK is 8-4 (67%)
Wins: Baylor (48), Oklahoma State (49), Kansas State (51), Seattle (58), Duke (78), Syracuse (96), Utah (98), Kansas (12)
Losses: UTEP (66), UCLA (75), Arizona (97), UConn (14)
In the seeded era: 3-2 (60%)
As a #1 seed: 2-1 (67%)
Note: In the seeded era, UK has met a 7 seed (UConn), two 4s (Syracuse and Arizona), a 3 (Utah) and a 2 (Kansas).
All-time title team:
C Bill Spivey - 22 points in '51
F Alex Groza - 25 points in '49
F Jack Givens - 41 points in '78
G Tony Delk - 24 points in '96
G Vernon Hatton - 30 points in '58
Honorable mention: James Young with 20 points and 7 boards in the loss to UConn, Anthony Davis had 6/16/6 against Kansas, Doron Lamb had 22 points.
Among other websites consulted, one of my main sources for this and many other posts is the peerless UK resource (and probably the best site of its kind for any sports team) known as "The Kentucky Basketball Statistics Project" operated by Jon Scott. Available at http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/statistics.html
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The most efficient stat collectors in UK history
Since Anthony Davis is filling up the stat sheet every night, I wanted to see what the best statistical seasons were. I calculated this one by simply adding all the positive stats (points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots) and dividing by minutes played.
Some issues here:
1) There are more advanced measures out there (taking into account pace, etc.)
2) Before 1979-80, no steals or blocked shots stats are available
3) Before 1962, no minutes played data are available
So we'll have to look at it by era.
Since 1980:
1) Demarcus Cousins 2009-10 = 1.223 stats per minute. 29th best scoring year in UK history and 8th best rebounding.
2) Jamal Mashburn 1992-93 = 1.071 per minute. 8th best scoring year in UK history.
3) Jamal Mashburn 1991-92 = 1.010 per minute. 3rd best scoring year in UK history.
4) Randolph Morris 2006-07 = 1.006 per minute. 9th best blocked shots year in UK history.
5) Anthony Davis 2011-12 = 0.996 per minute. Already the #1 shot blocking season in UK history.
6) Kenny Walker 1984-85 = 0.993 per minute. 9th best scoring year in UK history.
1962-79:
1) Dan Issel 1969-70 = 1.299 per minute. Top scoring season, 9th best rebounding season. Achieved highest per-minute stat collecting rate without even having steals or blocked shots accounted for.
2) Dan Issel 1968-69 = 1.106 per minute. 4th best scoring, 6th best rebounding season.
3) Cotton Nash 1963-64 = 0.989 per minute. 13th in points, 22nd in rebounds.
4) Kevin Grevey 1974-75 = 0.974 per minute. 5th in points.
5) Jim Andrews 1971-72 = 0.971 per minute. 22nd in points, 24th in rebounds.
Prior to 1962:
Because there are no data for minutes played, I won't bother to list these numerically. But the top three, in some order, would be:
Bill Spivey 1950-51
Cliff Hagan 1951-52
Cliff Hagan 1953-54
Among other websites consulted, one of my main sources for this and many other posts is the peerless UK resource (and probably the best site of its kind for any sports team) known as "The Kentucky Basketball Statistics Project" operated by Jon Scott. Available at http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/statistics.html
Some issues here:
1) There are more advanced measures out there (taking into account pace, etc.)
2) Before 1979-80, no steals or blocked shots stats are available
3) Before 1962, no minutes played data are available
So we'll have to look at it by era.
Since 1980:
1) Demarcus Cousins 2009-10 = 1.223 stats per minute. 29th best scoring year in UK history and 8th best rebounding.
2) Jamal Mashburn 1992-93 = 1.071 per minute. 8th best scoring year in UK history.
3) Jamal Mashburn 1991-92 = 1.010 per minute. 3rd best scoring year in UK history.
4) Randolph Morris 2006-07 = 1.006 per minute. 9th best blocked shots year in UK history.
5) Anthony Davis 2011-12 = 0.996 per minute. Already the #1 shot blocking season in UK history.
6) Kenny Walker 1984-85 = 0.993 per minute. 9th best scoring year in UK history.
1962-79:
1) Dan Issel 1969-70 = 1.299 per minute. Top scoring season, 9th best rebounding season. Achieved highest per-minute stat collecting rate without even having steals or blocked shots accounted for.
2) Dan Issel 1968-69 = 1.106 per minute. 4th best scoring, 6th best rebounding season.
3) Cotton Nash 1963-64 = 0.989 per minute. 13th in points, 22nd in rebounds.
4) Kevin Grevey 1974-75 = 0.974 per minute. 5th in points.
5) Jim Andrews 1971-72 = 0.971 per minute. 22nd in points, 24th in rebounds.
Prior to 1962:
Because there are no data for minutes played, I won't bother to list these numerically. But the top three, in some order, would be:
Bill Spivey 1950-51
Cliff Hagan 1951-52
Cliff Hagan 1953-54
Among other websites consulted, one of my main sources for this and many other posts is the peerless UK resource (and probably the best site of its kind for any sports team) known as "The Kentucky Basketball Statistics Project" operated by Jon Scott. Available at http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/statistics.html
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