(Updated after their 2017 SEC tournament meeting)
Kentucky and Alabama have a long history in basketball. 147 total games (fewer than only three UK series - Tennessee, Vandy and Georgia).
Alabama has managed a (relatively) decent home mark against the Cats, with 23 wins and 31 losses. The Crimson Tide's home winning percentage against UK is third in SEC history behind Arkansas and Tennessee.
And while their 5-23 mark at Rupp doesn't scream "success," those 5 wins are actually tied for second-most by any opponent in that arena (Florida has 7, LSU also has 5).
Many of the games have had high stakes, as the two teams have met 17 times in the SEC Tournament (fewer than only the 18 against LSU) and once in the NCAA Tournament. UK holds a significant edge in those postseason matchups, at 16-2 overall (15-2 in the SEC Tournament, 1-0 NCAA).
Alabama has an excellent history in SEC basketball as a whole, with 14 combined titles:
- 8 regular season crowns (tied for third with Tennessee, behind UK's 47 and LSU's 11)
- 6 tournament titles (second behind UK's 28)
Only Tennessee (12 combined titles), LSU (12 combined titles), and Florida (11 combined titles) have come close to matching them in the fight against UK's dominance.
Alabama's most famous past coach is Wimp Sanderson. He certainly had some success, especially against Hall, but the best winning percentage by any 'Bama coach against UK (minimum of 10 games)? Believe it or not, that belongs to Mark Gottfried. He was 5-8 against UK, including 5-6 against Tubby, with 2 wins in Rupp.
Let's take a look at the all-time series results...
Kentucky is 110-37 against Alabama (74.8%)
Kentucky is 55-9 at home against Alabama (85.9%)
Rupp Arena: 23-5 (82.1%)
Memorial Coliseum: 17-1 (94.4%)
Alumni Gymnasium: 15-2 (88.2%)
Buell Armory Gym: 0-1 (0%)
Kentucky is 31-23 in Tuscaloosa (57.4%)
Coleman Coliseum (since 1969): 20-17 (54.1%) - UK has never won, nor lost, more than 3 in a row there.
Foster Auditorium (1941-1968): 10-5 (66.7%)
Little Hall (1925, 1936): 1-1 (50%)
Kentucky is 24-5 at neutral sites against Alabama (82.8%)
Birmingham Athletic Club: 5-0 (regular season games from 1933 through 1938)
Jefferson County Armory (Louisville): 4-0 (won four SEC Tournament games in 1940s, including 1942 title)
Georgia Dome (Atlanta): 3-0 (all SEC Tournament games - in 1998, 2007 and 2011)
Bridgestone Arena / Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville): 4-0 (all SEC Tournament games - in 2006, 2010, 2016 and 2017)
Garrett Coliseum (Montgomery): 2-1 (won in 1958 and 1960, lost in 1956)
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center: 2-1 (all SEC Tournament games...won in 1979, lost in 1983, won 1992 title)
The Omni (Atlanta): 1-0 (1986 NCAA Tournament)
Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville): 1-0 (1984 SEC Tournament)
Freedom Hall (Louisville): 1-0 (1998 regular season)
Rupp Arena: 1-1 (lost 1982 SEC Tournament Championship, won 1986 SEC Tournament Championship)
Birmingham City Auditorium: 0-2 (1939 and 1940 regular season games)
By type of game:
SEC regular season home games: 53-7
SEC regular season road games: 31-22
SEC regular season neutral games: 8-3
Total SEC regular season record: 92-32
Pre-SEC regular season home games: 2-2
Pre-SEC regular season road games: 0-1
Overall regular season record: 94-35
SEC Tournament games: 15-2
NCAA Tournament games: 1-0
Postseason record: 16-2
By UK coach:
John Calipari: 12-2 (5-0 home, 3-2 road, 4-0 SECT)
Billy Gillispie: 2-0 (1-0 home, 1-0 road)
Tubby Smith: 8-5 (2-2 home, 2-3 road, 1-0 in Louisville, 3-0 in SECT)
Rick Pitino: 9-2 (5-0 home, 3-2 road, 1-0 SECT)
Eddie Sutton: 7-3 (2-2 home, 3-1 road, 1-0 SECT, 1-0 NCAAT)
Joe B. Hall: 18-12 (11-2 home, 5-8 road, 2-2 SECT)
Adolph Rupp: 53-10 (28-1 home, 14-6 road, 5-2 in Birmingham, 2-1 in Montgomery, 4-0 in SECT)
John Mauer: 0-1 (home in 1929)
Ray Eklund: 1-0 (home in 1926)
Clarence Applegran: 0-1 (road in 1925)
George Buchheit: 0-1 (home in 1923)
By opposing coach:
Avery Johnson (since 2016): 0-5 against Kentucky (all against Calipari)
Anthony Grant (2010-15): 2-7 against Kentucky (all against Calipari)
Mark Gottfried (1999-2009): 5-8 against Kentucky (0-2 vs. Billy G, 5-6 vs. Tubby)
David Hobbs (1993-98): 0-7 against Kentucky (all against Pitino)
Wimp Sanderson (1981-92): 11-18 against Kentucky (2-4 vs. Pitino, 3-7 vs. Sutton, 6-7 vs. Hall)
CM Newton (1969-80): 7-18 against Kentucky (6-11 vs. Hall, 1-7 vs. Rupp)
Hayden Riley (1961-68): 3-9 against Kentucky (all against Rupp)
Eugene Lambert (1945, 1948, 1957-60): 0-6 against Kentucky (all against Rupp)
Johnny Dee (1954-56): 1-2 against Kentucky (all against Rupp)
Floyd Burdette (1947-52): 0-10 against Kentucky (all against Rupp)
Hank Crisp (1925-42, 1946): 6-20 against Kentucky (4-19 vs. Rupp, 1-0 vs. Mauer, 0-1 vs. Eklund, 1-0 vs. Applegran)
Malcom Laney (1945): 0-1 against Kentucky (Rupp)
Paul Burnum (1943): 1-1 against Kentucky (Rupp)
Charlie Bernier (1923): 1-0 against Kentucky (Buchheit)
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Friday, January 27, 2017
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)
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)
Sunday, January 22, 2017
All the 30-win seasons in Kentucky basketball history
Kentucky has the most wins in college basketball history. So it should come as no surprise that a number of individual teams have racked up quite a few victories in specific seasons - 30 or more, to be specific. There have been 14 seasons with 30+ wins in Kentucky history. How does that compare to other schools?
Duke (14): 1986, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
Kansas (13): 1986, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
North Carolina (12): 1946, 1957, 1982, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016
UConn (9): 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014
UCLA (8): 1964, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008
Louisville (8): 1980, 1983, 1986, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
Syracuse (6): 1987, 1989, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2013
Arizona (6): 1988, 1998, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015
Arkansas (5): 1978, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995
Oklahoma (5): 1985, 1988, 1989, 2002, 2009
Indiana (4): 1975, 1976, 1987, 1993
Georgetown (4): 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007
Wisconsin (4): 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015
Virginia (3): 1982, 2014, 2015
Michigan (3): 1989, 1993, 2013
Michigan State (3): 1999, 2000, 2009
Florida (3): 2006, 2007, 2014
Villanova (3): 2009, 2015, 2016
Wichita State (3): 2013, 2014, 2015
As you can see, many of these lists are "backloaded." Because teams like Duke (under Coach K), Kansas (under Bill Self) and UConn (under Jim Calhoun) have succeeded in an era when more games are played, they have piled up 30-win seasons.
One important note before we get to the UK list: a few of the best teams in UK history simply didn't play enough games to have a reasonable shot at topping the 30 mark. Teams like 1946 (28-2), 1950 (25-5), 1954 (25-0), 1955 (23-3), 1958 (23-6), 1959 (24-3), 1962 (23-3), 1966 (27-2), 1968 (22-5), 1969 (23-5), 1970 (26-2), 1975 (26-5), 1977 (26-4) stand out as examples. A big reason for the gap between 1951 and 1978 is that no SEC Tournament was held from 1952 through 1978. This eliminated as many as 4 additional games from the slate.
Which teams barely fell short? 1952, 1980, 1984, 1992, 2011 and 2014 were all 29-win seasons.
Here are the 14 Kentucky teams that have achieved this remarkable feat so far:
1946-1947: 34-3 28-2 in regular season (lost to Oklahoma A&M in Sugar Bowl, lost at DePaul). Won SEC regular season (11-0). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Tulane. Lost NIT Championship to Utah.
1947-1948: 36-3 (including 2-1 in Olympic Trials). 27-2 in regular season (lost at Temple and Notre Dame). Won SEC regular season (9-0). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Georgia Tech. Won National Championship over Baylor. Beat Louisville and Baylor in Olympic Trials, then lost to Phillips Oilers. Players from this team were major contributors to the Team USA's gold medal victory in the London Olympics.
1948-1949: 32-2 25-1 in regular season (lost to St. Louis in Sugar Bowl Championship). Won SEC regular season (13-0). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Tulane. Lost to Loyola (Chicago) in NIT. Won National Championship over Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State).
1950-1951: 32-2 25-1 in regular season (lost to St. Louis in Sugar Bowl). Won SEC regular season (14-0). Lost SEC Tournament Championship to Vanderbilt. Won National Championship over Kansas State.
1977-1978: 30-2 25-2 in regular season (lost at Alabama and LSU). Won SEC regular season (16-2). There was no SEC Tournament. Won National Championship as #1 seed over Duke.
1985-1986: 32-4 26-3 in regular season (lost at Kansas, Auburn and NC State). Won SEC regular season (17-1). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Alabama. Made Elite Eight as #1 seed, lost to LSU in their fourth meeting of the year (UK had won the first three).
1992-1993: 30-4 23-3 in regular season (lost at Vandy, Arkansas and Tennessee). Did NOT win SEC regular season (Vandy went 14-2). Won SEC Tournament Championship over LSU. Made Final Four as #1 seed, lost to Michigan.
1995-1996: 34-2 26-1 in regular season (lost to UMass in Great Eight, then won 25 in a row). Won SEC regular season (16-0). Lost SEC Tournament Championship to Mississippi State. Won National Championship as #1 seed over Syracuse.
1996-1997: 35-5 27-4 in regular season (lost twice to South Carolina, lost to Clemson in BCA Classic, lost at Ole Miss). Actually did NOT win SEC regular season because of loss to South Carolina on Senior Night. Did win SEC Tournament Championship, over Georgia. Lost National Championship Game as #1 seed to Arizona.
1997-1998: 35-4 26-4 in regular season (lost to Arizona in Maui, lost to Louisville, Ole Miss and Florida at Rupp). Undefeated in road games. Won SEC regular season (14-2). Won SEC Tournament Championship over South Carolina. Won National Championship as #1 seed over Utah.
2002-2003: 32-4 26-3 in regular season (lost to Virginia in Maui, lost at home to Michigan State, lost at Louisville...then went on a 26-game winning streak). Won SEC regular season (16-0). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Mississippi State. Made Elite Eight as #1 seed (lost to West Virginia).
2009-2010: 35-3 29-2 in regular season (lost at South Carolina and Tennessee). Won SEC regular season (14-2). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Mississippi State. Made Elite Eight as #1 seed (lost to West Virginia).
2011-2012: 38-2 30-1 in regular season (lost at Indiana). Undefeated SEC schedule (16-0). Lost to Vanderbilt in SEC Tournament Championship. Won National Championship as #1 seed over Kansas.
2014-2015: 38-1 Undefeated regular season (31-0). Won SEC regular season (18-0) and SEC Tournament. Made Final Four as #1 seed (lost to Wisconsin).
Will 2016-2017 be the next one on the list? They have an excellent shot. With 29, and the NCAA tournament on the way, it would be shocking for them NOT to make it.
Duke (14): 1986, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
Kansas (13): 1986, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
North Carolina (12): 1946, 1957, 1982, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016
UConn (9): 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014
UCLA (8): 1964, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008
Louisville (8): 1980, 1983, 1986, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
Syracuse (6): 1987, 1989, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2013
Arizona (6): 1988, 1998, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015
Arkansas (5): 1978, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995
Oklahoma (5): 1985, 1988, 1989, 2002, 2009
Indiana (4): 1975, 1976, 1987, 1993
Georgetown (4): 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007
Wisconsin (4): 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015
Virginia (3): 1982, 2014, 2015
Michigan (3): 1989, 1993, 2013
Michigan State (3): 1999, 2000, 2009
Florida (3): 2006, 2007, 2014
Villanova (3): 2009, 2015, 2016
Wichita State (3): 2013, 2014, 2015
As you can see, many of these lists are "backloaded." Because teams like Duke (under Coach K), Kansas (under Bill Self) and UConn (under Jim Calhoun) have succeeded in an era when more games are played, they have piled up 30-win seasons.
One important note before we get to the UK list: a few of the best teams in UK history simply didn't play enough games to have a reasonable shot at topping the 30 mark. Teams like 1946 (28-2), 1950 (25-5), 1954 (25-0), 1955 (23-3), 1958 (23-6), 1959 (24-3), 1962 (23-3), 1966 (27-2), 1968 (22-5), 1969 (23-5), 1970 (26-2), 1975 (26-5), 1977 (26-4) stand out as examples. A big reason for the gap between 1951 and 1978 is that no SEC Tournament was held from 1952 through 1978. This eliminated as many as 4 additional games from the slate.
Which teams barely fell short? 1952, 1980, 1984, 1992, 2011 and 2014 were all 29-win seasons.
Here are the 14 Kentucky teams that have achieved this remarkable feat so far:
1946-1947: 34-3 28-2 in regular season (lost to Oklahoma A&M in Sugar Bowl, lost at DePaul). Won SEC regular season (11-0). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Tulane. Lost NIT Championship to Utah.
1947-1948: 36-3 (including 2-1 in Olympic Trials). 27-2 in regular season (lost at Temple and Notre Dame). Won SEC regular season (9-0). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Georgia Tech. Won National Championship over Baylor. Beat Louisville and Baylor in Olympic Trials, then lost to Phillips Oilers. Players from this team were major contributors to the Team USA's gold medal victory in the London Olympics.
1948-1949: 32-2 25-1 in regular season (lost to St. Louis in Sugar Bowl Championship). Won SEC regular season (13-0). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Tulane. Lost to Loyola (Chicago) in NIT. Won National Championship over Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State).
1950-1951: 32-2 25-1 in regular season (lost to St. Louis in Sugar Bowl). Won SEC regular season (14-0). Lost SEC Tournament Championship to Vanderbilt. Won National Championship over Kansas State.
1977-1978: 30-2 25-2 in regular season (lost at Alabama and LSU). Won SEC regular season (16-2). There was no SEC Tournament. Won National Championship as #1 seed over Duke.
1985-1986: 32-4 26-3 in regular season (lost at Kansas, Auburn and NC State). Won SEC regular season (17-1). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Alabama. Made Elite Eight as #1 seed, lost to LSU in their fourth meeting of the year (UK had won the first three).
1992-1993: 30-4 23-3 in regular season (lost at Vandy, Arkansas and Tennessee). Did NOT win SEC regular season (Vandy went 14-2). Won SEC Tournament Championship over LSU. Made Final Four as #1 seed, lost to Michigan.
1995-1996: 34-2 26-1 in regular season (lost to UMass in Great Eight, then won 25 in a row). Won SEC regular season (16-0). Lost SEC Tournament Championship to Mississippi State. Won National Championship as #1 seed over Syracuse.
1996-1997: 35-5 27-4 in regular season (lost twice to South Carolina, lost to Clemson in BCA Classic, lost at Ole Miss). Actually did NOT win SEC regular season because of loss to South Carolina on Senior Night. Did win SEC Tournament Championship, over Georgia. Lost National Championship Game as #1 seed to Arizona.
1997-1998: 35-4 26-4 in regular season (lost to Arizona in Maui, lost to Louisville, Ole Miss and Florida at Rupp). Undefeated in road games. Won SEC regular season (14-2). Won SEC Tournament Championship over South Carolina. Won National Championship as #1 seed over Utah.
2002-2003: 32-4 26-3 in regular season (lost to Virginia in Maui, lost at home to Michigan State, lost at Louisville...then went on a 26-game winning streak). Won SEC regular season (16-0). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Mississippi State. Made Elite Eight as #1 seed (lost to West Virginia).
2009-2010: 35-3 29-2 in regular season (lost at South Carolina and Tennessee). Won SEC regular season (14-2). Won SEC Tournament Championship over Mississippi State. Made Elite Eight as #1 seed (lost to West Virginia).
2011-2012: 38-2 30-1 in regular season (lost at Indiana). Undefeated SEC schedule (16-0). Lost to Vanderbilt in SEC Tournament Championship. Won National Championship as #1 seed over Kansas.
2014-2015: 38-1 Undefeated regular season (31-0). Won SEC regular season (18-0) and SEC Tournament. Made Final Four as #1 seed (lost to Wisconsin).
Will 2016-2017 be the next one on the list? They have an excellent shot. With 29, and the NCAA tournament on the way, it would be shocking for them NOT to make it.
Kentucky basketball vs. Tennessee all-time (15 different arenas)
(updated through regular season matchups in 2017)
Big Orange has been Kentucky's biggest problem in the SEC. Sure, Florida has been a pain during the last two decades. But no league opponent has a winning percentage over 30 against the Cats, other than the Vols. They've been especially dangerous in Knoxville, of course, where UK has barely managed a winning record (see below).
UK's overall record is currently 153-69 against UT (68.9%). 69 wins is the most any team has against UK (followed by 47 for Vandy, 38 for Florida and 37 for Alabama). The 222 meetings are easily the most in any series UK has played (followed by 189 meetings with Vandy and 149 with Georgia).
Let's check out the breakdown.
Home games: 90-16 (84.9%)
Rupp Arena: 36-4 (90%) - only losses were in 1977, 1979, 1999 and 2006
Memorial Coliseum: 22-4 (84.6%) - losses were in 1960, 1963, 1967 and 1976
Alumni Gym: 23-2 (92%) - losses were in 1927 and 1939
Buell Armory Gym: 5-5 (50%) - losses were in 1917 (twice), 1920 (twice) and 1923
Woodland Auditorium: 4-1 (80%) - loss was in 1916
Road games: 52-49 (51.5%)
Thompson-Boling Arena: 16-13 (55.2%) - Games since 1988
Stokely Center: 5-16 (23.8%) - This was the ultimate house of horrors for UK basketball. From 1967 through 1987 (late Rupp years, Hall and then Sutton), the Cats just couldn't do anything in Knoxville. There were even two separate five-game road losing streaks in the series (1973-77 and 1979-83).
UT Armory Fieldhouse: 5-3 (62.5%) - Games between 1959 and 1966
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium: 17-7 (70.8%) - Games between 1933 and 1958
Jefferson Hall: 6-4 (60%) - Games between 1923 and 1932
Knoxville Central YMCA: 3-6 (33.3%) - Games between 1915 and 1920
Neutral sites: 11-4 (73.3%)
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville): 1-0 (100%) - 2010 SEC Tournament
Georgia Dome: 1-0 (100%) - 2005 SEC Tournament
Rupp Arena: 1-0 (100%) - 1993 SEC Tournament
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center: 0-1 (0%) - 1979 SEC Tournament Championship
Jefferson County Armory (Louisville): 5-2 (71.4%) - lost 1941 and 1943 SEC Tournament Championships...won 1945 and 1950 SEC Tournament Championships...also won SEC Tournament games in 1948, 1949 and 1952
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (Knoxville): 3-1 (75%) - lost in 1936 SEC Tournament...won 1937 SEC Tournament Championship...won 1939 SEC Tournament Championship...won in 1940 SEC Tournament
By type of game:
Regular season SEC home games: 73-9
Regular season SEC road games: 43-39
Regular season SEC neutral games: 0-0
Regular season SEC games overall: 116-48
Regular season non-SEC home games: 1-0 (1961 UKIT)
Regular season pre-SEC home games: 16-7
Regular season pre-SEC road games: 9-10
SEC Tournament: 11-4
By coach:
John Calipari (2010-present): 11-4 (7-0 at home, 3-4 in Knoxville, 1-0 SECT)
Billy Gillispie (2008-09): 3-1 (2-0 at home, 1-1 in Knoxville)
Tubby Smith (1998-2007): 15-6 (8-2 at home, 6-4 in Knoxville, 1-0 in SECT)
Rick Pitino (1990-97): 14-3 (8-0 at home, 5-3 in Knoxville, 1-0 in SECT)
Eddie Sutton (1986-89): 6-2 (4-0 at home, 2-2 in Knoxville)
Joe B. Hall (1973-85): 11-16 (10-3 at home, 1-12 in Knoxville, 0-1 in SECT)
Adolph Rupp (1931-72): 72-20 (37-4 at home, 27-13 in Knoxville, 8-3 in SECT)
John Mauer (1928-1930): 5-1 (3-0 at home, 2-1 in Knoxville)
Basil Hayden (1927): 0-2 (0-1 at home, 0-1 in Knoxville)
Ray Eklund (1926): 2-0 (1-0 at home, 1-0 in Knoxville)
Clarence Applegran (1925): 2-0 (1-0 at home, 1-0 in Knoxville)
George Buchheit (1920-24): 1-6 (0-3 at home, 1-3 in Knoxville)
Andrew Gill (1919): 1-1 (1-0 at home, 0-1 in Knoxville)
Stanley Boles (1918): 4-0 (2-0 at home, 2-0 in Knoxville)
William Tuttle (1917): 0-4 (0-2 at home, 0-2 in Knoxville)
James Park (1916): 0-1 (at home)
Alpha Brumage (1914-15): 4-2 (4-0 at home, 0-2 in Knoxville)
Edwin Sweetland (1910-12): 2-0 (at home)
By opposing coach:
Big Orange has been Kentucky's biggest problem in the SEC. Sure, Florida has been a pain during the last two decades. But no league opponent has a winning percentage over 30 against the Cats, other than the Vols. They've been especially dangerous in Knoxville, of course, where UK has barely managed a winning record (see below).
UK's overall record is currently 153-69 against UT (68.9%). 69 wins is the most any team has against UK (followed by 47 for Vandy, 38 for Florida and 37 for Alabama). The 222 meetings are easily the most in any series UK has played (followed by 189 meetings with Vandy and 149 with Georgia).
Let's check out the breakdown.
Home games: 90-16 (84.9%)
Rupp Arena: 36-4 (90%) - only losses were in 1977, 1979, 1999 and 2006
Memorial Coliseum: 22-4 (84.6%) - losses were in 1960, 1963, 1967 and 1976
Alumni Gym: 23-2 (92%) - losses were in 1927 and 1939
Buell Armory Gym: 5-5 (50%) - losses were in 1917 (twice), 1920 (twice) and 1923
Woodland Auditorium: 4-1 (80%) - loss was in 1916
Road games: 52-49 (51.5%)
Thompson-Boling Arena: 16-13 (55.2%) - Games since 1988
Stokely Center: 5-16 (23.8%) - This was the ultimate house of horrors for UK basketball. From 1967 through 1987 (late Rupp years, Hall and then Sutton), the Cats just couldn't do anything in Knoxville. There were even two separate five-game road losing streaks in the series (1973-77 and 1979-83).
UT Armory Fieldhouse: 5-3 (62.5%) - Games between 1959 and 1966
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium: 17-7 (70.8%) - Games between 1933 and 1958
Jefferson Hall: 6-4 (60%) - Games between 1923 and 1932
Knoxville Central YMCA: 3-6 (33.3%) - Games between 1915 and 1920
Neutral sites: 11-4 (73.3%)
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville): 1-0 (100%) - 2010 SEC Tournament
Georgia Dome: 1-0 (100%) - 2005 SEC Tournament
Rupp Arena: 1-0 (100%) - 1993 SEC Tournament
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center: 0-1 (0%) - 1979 SEC Tournament Championship
Jefferson County Armory (Louisville): 5-2 (71.4%) - lost 1941 and 1943 SEC Tournament Championships...won 1945 and 1950 SEC Tournament Championships...also won SEC Tournament games in 1948, 1949 and 1952
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (Knoxville): 3-1 (75%) - lost in 1936 SEC Tournament...won 1937 SEC Tournament Championship...won 1939 SEC Tournament Championship...won in 1940 SEC Tournament
By type of game:
Regular season SEC home games: 73-9
Regular season SEC road games: 43-39
Regular season SEC neutral games: 0-0
Regular season SEC games overall: 116-48
Regular season non-SEC home games: 1-0 (1961 UKIT)
Regular season pre-SEC home games: 16-7
Regular season pre-SEC road games: 9-10
SEC Tournament: 11-4
By coach:
John Calipari (2010-present): 11-4 (7-0 at home, 3-4 in Knoxville, 1-0 SECT)
Billy Gillispie (2008-09): 3-1 (2-0 at home, 1-1 in Knoxville)
Tubby Smith (1998-2007): 15-6 (8-2 at home, 6-4 in Knoxville, 1-0 in SECT)
Rick Pitino (1990-97): 14-3 (8-0 at home, 5-3 in Knoxville, 1-0 in SECT)
Eddie Sutton (1986-89): 6-2 (4-0 at home, 2-2 in Knoxville)
Joe B. Hall (1973-85): 11-16 (10-3 at home, 1-12 in Knoxville, 0-1 in SECT)
Adolph Rupp (1931-72): 72-20 (37-4 at home, 27-13 in Knoxville, 8-3 in SECT)
John Mauer (1928-1930): 5-1 (3-0 at home, 2-1 in Knoxville)
Basil Hayden (1927): 0-2 (0-1 at home, 0-1 in Knoxville)
Ray Eklund (1926): 2-0 (1-0 at home, 1-0 in Knoxville)
Clarence Applegran (1925): 2-0 (1-0 at home, 1-0 in Knoxville)
George Buchheit (1920-24): 1-6 (0-3 at home, 1-3 in Knoxville)
Andrew Gill (1919): 1-1 (1-0 at home, 0-1 in Knoxville)
Stanley Boles (1918): 4-0 (2-0 at home, 2-0 in Knoxville)
William Tuttle (1917): 0-4 (0-2 at home, 0-2 in Knoxville)
James Park (1916): 0-1 (at home)
Alpha Brumage (1914-15): 4-2 (4-0 at home, 0-2 in Knoxville)
Edwin Sweetland (1910-12): 2-0 (at home)
By opposing coach:
Rick Barnes: 2-2 against UK (Calipari)
Cuonzo Martin: 1-4 against UK (Calipari)
Bruce Pearl: 4-9 against UK (2-2 vs. Tubby, 1-3 vs. Billy G, 1-4 vs. Cal)
Buzz Peterson: 1-8 against UK (Tubby)
Jerry Green: 3-5 against UK (Tubby)
Kevin O'Neill: 0-6 against UK (Pitino)
Wade Houston: 3-8 against UK (Pitino)
Don DeVoe: 11-12 against UK (2-6 vs. Sutton, 9-6 vs. Hall)
Cliff Wettig: 0-2 against UK (Hall)
Ray Mears: 15-15 against UK (7-3 vs. Hall, 8-12 vs. Rupp)
John Sines: 1-6 against UK (Rupp)
Emmett Lowery: 1-25 against UK (Rupp)
John Mauer: 7-15 against UK (Rupp)
Blair Gullion: 3-5 against UK (Rupp)
W.H. Britton: 3-15 against UK (0-10 vs. Rupp, 1-5 vs. Mauer, 2-0 vs. Hayden)
M. Beal Banks: 3-4 against UK (0-2 vs. Eklund, 0-2 vs. Applegran, 3-0 vs. Buchheit)
John Bender: 7-1 against UK (3-1 vs. Buchheit, 4-0 vs. Tuttle)
R.H. Fitzgerald: 1-5 against UK (0-4 vs. Boles, 1-1 vs. Gill)
Zora Clevenger: 3-5 against UK (1-0 vs. Park, 2-4 vs. Brumage, 0-1 vs. Sweetland)
Solon Kipp: 0-1 against UK (Sweetland)
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Which SEC opponents have won the most at Rupp Arena?
(updated through first 8 home games of 2017 SEC season)
Few visiting teams escape Rupp Arena with a victory. UK has gone undefeated at home quite a number of times in their current confines, including:
Calipari:
2016
2015
2012
2011
2010
Tubby:
2005 (undefeated at home in SEC play, lost to KU)
2003 (undefeated at home in SEC play, lost to Michigan State)
2001 (undefeated at home in SEC play, lost to Penn State)
2000
Pitino:
1996
1993
1991
1990
Sutton:
1986
Hall:
1984
1982 (but did lose at Rupp in SEC Tournament)
1981
1978
But how have specific conference foes (and their coaches) fared?
Alabama: 5-23 in SEC regular season, 1-1 in SEC Tournament
2006 (Mark Gottfried vs. Tubby Smith) - won 68-64 (both were unranked)
2002 (Mark Gottfried vs. Tubby Smith) - won 64-61 (Bama was #14, UK was #8)
1989 (Wimp Sanderson vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 71-67 (both were unranked)
1987 (Wimp Sanderson vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 69-55 (UK was #9)
1980 (C.M. Newton vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 78-64 (UK was #4)
NOTE: They also won in 1982 SEC Championship in Rupp, and lost in 1986 SEC Championship.
Arkansas: 3-11 in SEC regular season, lost in 1993 SEC Tournament
2014 (Mike Anderson vs. John Calipari) - won 71-67 (OT) (UK was #17)
1994 (Nolan Richardson vs. Rick Pitino) - won 90-82 (Ark was #3, UK was #4)
1992 (Nolan Richardson vs. Rick Pitino) - won 105-88 (Ark was #9, UK was #8)
Auburn: 2-26 in SEC regular season, lost in 1982 SEC Tournament
1988 (Sonny Smith vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 53-52 (UK was #1)
1983 (Sonny Smith vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 75-67 (UK was #6)
Florida: 7-34 in SEC regular season
2014 (Billy Donovan vs. John Calipari) - won 69-59 (UF was #3, UK was #14)
2007 (Billy Donovan vs. Tubby Smith) - won 64-61 (UF was #1, UK was #20)
2006 (Billy Donovan vs. Tubby Smith) - won 79-64 (UF was #17, UK was unranked)
1998 (Billy Donovan vs. Tubby Smith) - won 86-78 (UK was #7)
1989 (Norman Sloan vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 59-53 (both were unranked)
1988 (Norman Sloan vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 58-56 (UK was #4)
1985 (Norman Sloan vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 67-55 (both were unranked)
Georgia: 4-35 in SEC regular season
2009 (Pete Herrmann vs. Billy Gillispie) - won 90-85 (both were unranked)
2004 (Dennis Felton vs. Tubby Smith) - won 65-57 (UK was #5)
2002 (Jim Harrick vs. Tubby Smith) - won 88-84 (UK was #8)
1985 (Hugh Durham vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 79-77 (UGA was #18, UK was unranked)
LSU: 5-24 in SEC regular season, 0-2 in SEC Tournament
2009 (Trent Johnson vs. Billy Gillispie) - won 73-70 (LSU was #18, UK was unranked)
1989 (Dale Brown vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 64-62 (both were unranked)
1987 (Dale Brown vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 76-41 (both were unranked)
1980 (Dale Brown vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 65-60 (LSU was #11, UK was #5)
1979 (Dale Brown vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 93-89 (UK was #9)
Mississippi: 1-27 in SEC regular season, 0-2 in SEC Tournament
1998 (Rob Evans vs. Tubby Smith) - won 73-64 (Miss was #18, UK was #7)
Mississippi State: 2-26 in SEC regular season
2009 (Rick Stansbury vs. Billy Gillispie) - won 66-57 (both were unranked)
1995 (Richard Williams vs. Rick Pitino) - won 76-71 (MSU was #23, UK was #4)
Missouri: 0-3 in SEC regular season
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South Carolina: 2-22 in SEC regular season, 0-2 before joining SEC
2009 (Darrin Horn vs. Billy Gillispie) - won 78-77 (UK was #24)
1997 (Eddie Fogler vs. Rick Pitino) - won 72-66 (USC was #6, UK was #3)
Tennessee: 4-36 in SEC regular season, lost 101-40 in 1993 SEC Tournament
2006 (Bruce Pearl vs. Tubby Smith) - won 75-67 (UT was #11, UK was unranked)
1999 (Jerry Green vs. Tubby Smith) - won 47-46 (UK was #6)
1979 (Don DeVoe vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 66-55 (both were unranked)
1977 (Ray Mears vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 71-67 (OT) (UK was #2)
Texas A&M: 1-2 in SEC regular season, won at Rupp pre-SEC in 1978
2013 (Billy Kennedy vs. John Calipari) - won 83-71 (both were unranked)
Vanderbilt: 2-36 in SEC regular season
2007 (Kevin Stallings vs. Tubby Smith) - won 72-67 (UK was #25)
2006 (Kevin Stallings vs. Tubby Smith) - won 57-52 (both were unranked)
So, the teams with the most SEC regular season wins at Rupp:
1) Florida - 7
2) Alabama and LSU - 5
And the teams with the best winning percentage...
1) Texas A&M: 33% (1-2)
2) Arkansas: 21% (3-11)
3) Alabama: 18% (5-23)
And the most successful coaches?
1) Dale Brown. 4 wins (but 14 losses).
2) Billy Donovan. 4 wins (but 15 losses).
3) Norman Sloan. 3 wins (but 6 losses).
Few visiting teams escape Rupp Arena with a victory. UK has gone undefeated at home quite a number of times in their current confines, including:
Calipari:
2016
2015
2012
2011
2010
Tubby:
2005 (undefeated at home in SEC play, lost to KU)
2003 (undefeated at home in SEC play, lost to Michigan State)
2001 (undefeated at home in SEC play, lost to Penn State)
2000
Pitino:
1996
1993
1991
1990
Sutton:
1986
Hall:
1984
1982 (but did lose at Rupp in SEC Tournament)
1981
1978
But how have specific conference foes (and their coaches) fared?
Alabama: 5-23 in SEC regular season, 1-1 in SEC Tournament
2006 (Mark Gottfried vs. Tubby Smith) - won 68-64 (both were unranked)
2002 (Mark Gottfried vs. Tubby Smith) - won 64-61 (Bama was #14, UK was #8)
1989 (Wimp Sanderson vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 71-67 (both were unranked)
1987 (Wimp Sanderson vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 69-55 (UK was #9)
1980 (C.M. Newton vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 78-64 (UK was #4)
NOTE: They also won in 1982 SEC Championship in Rupp, and lost in 1986 SEC Championship.
Arkansas: 3-11 in SEC regular season, lost in 1993 SEC Tournament
2014 (Mike Anderson vs. John Calipari) - won 71-67 (OT) (UK was #17)
1994 (Nolan Richardson vs. Rick Pitino) - won 90-82 (Ark was #3, UK was #4)
1992 (Nolan Richardson vs. Rick Pitino) - won 105-88 (Ark was #9, UK was #8)
Auburn: 2-26 in SEC regular season, lost in 1982 SEC Tournament
1988 (Sonny Smith vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 53-52 (UK was #1)
1983 (Sonny Smith vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 75-67 (UK was #6)
Florida: 7-34 in SEC regular season
2014 (Billy Donovan vs. John Calipari) - won 69-59 (UF was #3, UK was #14)
2007 (Billy Donovan vs. Tubby Smith) - won 64-61 (UF was #1, UK was #20)
2006 (Billy Donovan vs. Tubby Smith) - won 79-64 (UF was #17, UK was unranked)
1998 (Billy Donovan vs. Tubby Smith) - won 86-78 (UK was #7)
1989 (Norman Sloan vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 59-53 (both were unranked)
1988 (Norman Sloan vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 58-56 (UK was #4)
1985 (Norman Sloan vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 67-55 (both were unranked)
Georgia: 4-35 in SEC regular season
2009 (Pete Herrmann vs. Billy Gillispie) - won 90-85 (both were unranked)
2004 (Dennis Felton vs. Tubby Smith) - won 65-57 (UK was #5)
2002 (Jim Harrick vs. Tubby Smith) - won 88-84 (UK was #8)
1985 (Hugh Durham vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 79-77 (UGA was #18, UK was unranked)
LSU: 5-24 in SEC regular season, 0-2 in SEC Tournament
2009 (Trent Johnson vs. Billy Gillispie) - won 73-70 (LSU was #18, UK was unranked)
1989 (Dale Brown vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 64-62 (both were unranked)
1987 (Dale Brown vs. Eddie Sutton) - won 76-41 (both were unranked)
1980 (Dale Brown vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 65-60 (LSU was #11, UK was #5)
1979 (Dale Brown vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 93-89 (UK was #9)
Mississippi: 1-27 in SEC regular season, 0-2 in SEC Tournament
1998 (Rob Evans vs. Tubby Smith) - won 73-64 (Miss was #18, UK was #7)
Mississippi State: 2-26 in SEC regular season
2009 (Rick Stansbury vs. Billy Gillispie) - won 66-57 (both were unranked)
1995 (Richard Williams vs. Rick Pitino) - won 76-71 (MSU was #23, UK was #4)
Missouri: 0-3 in SEC regular season
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South Carolina: 2-22 in SEC regular season, 0-2 before joining SEC
2009 (Darrin Horn vs. Billy Gillispie) - won 78-77 (UK was #24)
1997 (Eddie Fogler vs. Rick Pitino) - won 72-66 (USC was #6, UK was #3)
Tennessee: 4-36 in SEC regular season, lost 101-40 in 1993 SEC Tournament
2006 (Bruce Pearl vs. Tubby Smith) - won 75-67 (UT was #11, UK was unranked)
1999 (Jerry Green vs. Tubby Smith) - won 47-46 (UK was #6)
1979 (Don DeVoe vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 66-55 (both were unranked)
1977 (Ray Mears vs. Joe B. Hall) - won 71-67 (OT) (UK was #2)
Texas A&M: 1-2 in SEC regular season, won at Rupp pre-SEC in 1978
2013 (Billy Kennedy vs. John Calipari) - won 83-71 (both were unranked)
Vanderbilt: 2-36 in SEC regular season
2007 (Kevin Stallings vs. Tubby Smith) - won 72-67 (UK was #25)
2006 (Kevin Stallings vs. Tubby Smith) - won 57-52 (both were unranked)
So, the teams with the most SEC regular season wins at Rupp:
1) Florida - 7
2) Alabama and LSU - 5
And the teams with the best winning percentage...
1) Texas A&M: 33% (1-2)
2) Arkansas: 21% (3-11)
3) Alabama: 18% (5-23)
And the most successful coaches?
1) Dale Brown. 4 wins (but 14 losses).
2) Billy Donovan. 4 wins (but 15 losses).
3) Norman Sloan. 3 wins (but 6 losses).
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Which UK coaches have been best on the road in the SEC?
(Updated through win at Georgia on 2/18/17)
The Southeastern Conference was formed in the 1932-33 season, shortly after Adolph Rupp became UK's head coach (his first year was 1930-31). Since that time, Kentucky has managed to dominate and demoralize the rest of the conference in basketball. That has resulted in an understandable hatred of our success, which in turn has resulted in hostile road environments. It's never easy to travel in the SEC...but which one of our coaches has had the most success?
Calipari in SEC road games:
Starkville - 100% (5-0)
Columbia, MO - 100% (2-0)
Auburn - 80% (4-1)
Oxford - 75% (3-1)
Athens - 67% (4-2)
Columbia, SC - 67% (4-2)
Nashville - 71% (5-2)
College Station - 67% (2-1)
Baton Rouge - 60% (3-2)
Tuscaloosa - 60% (3-2)
Gainesville - 50% (4-4)
Knoxville - 42% (3-4)
Fayetteville - 25% (1-3)
Cal's SEC road record by year:
2010: 6-2
2011: 2-6
2012: 8-0
2013: 4-5
2014: 5-4
2015: 9-0
2016: 4-5
2017: 5-2 so far
TOTAL: 43-24 (64.2%)
Billy Gillispie in SEC road games:
Athens - 100% (2-0)
Tuscaloosa - 100% (1-0)
Fayetteville - 100% (1-0)
Baton Rouge - 100% (1-0)
Auburn - 100% (1-0)
Knoxville - 50% (1-1)
Columbia SC - 50% (1-1)
Oxford - 0% (0-1)
Starkville - 0% (0-1)
Gainesville - 0% (0-2)
Nashville - 0% (0-2) - including a 41-point embarrassment his first year
Gillispie's SEC road record by year:
2008: 4-4
2009: 4-4
TOTAL: 8-8 (50%)
Tubby in SEC road games:
Columbia, SC - 90% (9-1)
Auburn - 80% (4-1)
Oxford - 80% (4-1)
Starkville - 80% (4-1)
Athens - 70% (7-3)
Knoxville - 60% (6-4)
Nashville - 60% (6-4)
Fayetteville - 60% (3-2)
Baton Rouge - 60% (3-2)
Gainesville - 40% (4-6)
Tuscaloosa - 40% (2-3)
Tubby's SEC road record by year:
1998: 8-0
1999: 4-4
2000: 4-4
2001: 4-4
2002: 4-4
2003: 8-0
2004: 6-2
2005: 6-2
2006: 5-3
2007: 3-5
TOTAL: 52-28 (65%)
Rick Pitino in SEC road games:
Auburn - 80% (4-1)
Gainesville - 75% (6-2)
Athens - 75% (6-2)
Columbia SC - 67% (4-2)
Knoxville - 62.5% (5-3)
Nashville - 62.5% (5-3)
Tuscaloosa - 60% (3-2)
Starkville - 60% (3-2)
Oxford - 50% (2-2)
Baton Rouge - 40% (2-3)
Fayetteville - 33% (1-2)
Pitino's SEC road record by year:
1990: 1-8
1991: 5-4
1992: 5-3
1993: 5-3
1994: 5-3
1995: 6-1 (also won vs. Ole Miss at The Pyramid)
1996: 8-0
1997: 6-2
TOTAL: 41-24 (63.1%)
Eddie Sutton in SEC road games:
Tuscaloosa - 75% (3-1)
Starkville - 75% (3-1)
Auburn - 50% (2-2)
Gainesville - 50% (2-2)
Baton Rouge - 50% (2-2)
Knoxville - 50% (2-2)
Oxford - 50% (2-2)
Nashville - 50% (2-2)
Athens - 33% (1-2) - also won 1 in Atlanta
Sutton's SEC road record by year:
1986: 8-1
1987: 4-5
1988: 5-3 (also won vs. Georgia at The Omni)
1989: 2-7
TOTAL: 19-16 (54.2%)
Joe B. Hall in SEC road games:
Gainesville - 77% (10-3)
Oxford - 77% (10-3)
Athens - 75% (9-3)
Starkville - 69% (9-4)
Nashville - 69% (9-4)
Auburn - 61.5% (8-5)
Baton Rouge - 46% (6-7) - but he lost 6 of his last 8
Tuscaloosa - 38.5% (5-8)
Knoxville - 8% (1-12) - by far the worst performance by any of our coaches against an SEC opponent
Joe B's SEC road record by year:
1973: 6-3
1974: 3-6
1975: 6-3
1976: 3-6
1977: 8-1
1978: 7-2
1979: 3-6
1980: 7-1 (also won vs. Georgia at The Omni)
1981: 6-3
1982: 4-5
1983: 5-4
1984: 5-4
1985: 4-5
TOTAL: 67-49 (57.8%)
Adolph Rupp in SEC road games:
Oxford - 100% (7-0) - also 3-0 at Jackson, 3-0 at Memphis
Sewanee - 100% (1-0)
Baton Rouge - 85% (11-2)
Athens - 79% (11-3) - also 3-0 at "neutral" Georgia sites
Starkville - 77% (10-3)
New Orleans - 77% (10-3)
Nashville - 72% (26-10) - but he was 7-7 in his last 14
Tuscaloosa - 70% (14-6)
Atlanta - 68% (15-7) - but he lost 6 of his last 10
Knoxville - 66% (25-13) - but he lost 6 of his last 10
Auburn - 64% (7-4)
Gainesville - 60% (9-6) - but he lost 5 of his last 6
Rupp's SEC road record by year:
1933: 2-0
1934: 5-0 (also won vs. Alabama at Birmingham)
1935: 4-0
1936: 1-2
1937: 1-3
1938: 2-0
1939: 2-0 (17-5 in '30s)
1940: 0-3
1941: 3-1
1942: 2-3
1943: 4-1
1944: N/A
1945: 1-1
1946: 3-0
1947: 5-0
1948: 5-0
1949: 4-0 (27-9 in '40s)
1950: 3-2
1951: 6-0
1952: 6-0
1953: N/A
1954: 4-0
1955: 5-1
1956: 3-1
1957: 4-2
1958: 3-1
1959: 4-2 (38-9 in '50s)
1960: 3-2
1961: 2-4
1962: 6-0
1963: 3-3
1964: 3-3
1965: 3-5
1966: 7-1
1967: 3-6
1968: 5-4
1969: 7-2 (42-30 in '60s)
1970: 8-1
1971: 7-2
1972: 5-4 (20-7 in '70s)
TOTAL: 144-60 (70.6%)
FINAL TALLY:
RUPP - 70.6%
TUBBY - 65%
CAL - 64.2%
PITINO - 63.1%
HALL - 57.8%
SUTTON - 54.2%
Here's a look at our results by decade in SEC road games...
1930s: 17-5 (77.3%)
1940s: 27-9 (75%)
1950s: 38-9 (80.9%)
1960s: 42-30 (58.3%)
1970s: 56-34 (62.2%)
1980s: 50-38 (56.8%)
1990s: 53-28 (65.4%)
2000s: 48-32 (60.0%)
2010s: 43-24 (64.2%)
The Southeastern Conference was formed in the 1932-33 season, shortly after Adolph Rupp became UK's head coach (his first year was 1930-31). Since that time, Kentucky has managed to dominate and demoralize the rest of the conference in basketball. That has resulted in an understandable hatred of our success, which in turn has resulted in hostile road environments. It's never easy to travel in the SEC...but which one of our coaches has had the most success?
Calipari in SEC road games:
Starkville - 100% (5-0)
Columbia, MO - 100% (2-0)
Auburn - 80% (4-1)
Oxford - 75% (3-1)
Athens - 67% (4-2)
Columbia, SC - 67% (4-2)
Nashville - 71% (5-2)
College Station - 67% (2-1)
Baton Rouge - 60% (3-2)
Tuscaloosa - 60% (3-2)
Gainesville - 50% (4-4)
Knoxville - 42% (3-4)
Fayetteville - 25% (1-3)
Cal's SEC road record by year:
2010: 6-2
2011: 2-6
2012: 8-0
2013: 4-5
2014: 5-4
2015: 9-0
2016: 4-5
2017: 5-2 so far
TOTAL: 43-24 (64.2%)
Billy Gillispie in SEC road games:
Athens - 100% (2-0)
Tuscaloosa - 100% (1-0)
Fayetteville - 100% (1-0)
Baton Rouge - 100% (1-0)
Auburn - 100% (1-0)
Knoxville - 50% (1-1)
Columbia SC - 50% (1-1)
Oxford - 0% (0-1)
Starkville - 0% (0-1)
Gainesville - 0% (0-2)
Nashville - 0% (0-2) - including a 41-point embarrassment his first year
Gillispie's SEC road record by year:
2008: 4-4
2009: 4-4
TOTAL: 8-8 (50%)
Tubby in SEC road games:
Columbia, SC - 90% (9-1)
Auburn - 80% (4-1)
Oxford - 80% (4-1)
Starkville - 80% (4-1)
Athens - 70% (7-3)
Knoxville - 60% (6-4)
Nashville - 60% (6-4)
Fayetteville - 60% (3-2)
Baton Rouge - 60% (3-2)
Gainesville - 40% (4-6)
Tuscaloosa - 40% (2-3)
Tubby's SEC road record by year:
1998: 8-0
1999: 4-4
2000: 4-4
2001: 4-4
2002: 4-4
2003: 8-0
2004: 6-2
2005: 6-2
2006: 5-3
2007: 3-5
TOTAL: 52-28 (65%)
Rick Pitino in SEC road games:
Auburn - 80% (4-1)
Gainesville - 75% (6-2)
Athens - 75% (6-2)
Columbia SC - 67% (4-2)
Knoxville - 62.5% (5-3)
Nashville - 62.5% (5-3)
Tuscaloosa - 60% (3-2)
Starkville - 60% (3-2)
Oxford - 50% (2-2)
Baton Rouge - 40% (2-3)
Fayetteville - 33% (1-2)
Pitino's SEC road record by year:
1990: 1-8
1991: 5-4
1992: 5-3
1993: 5-3
1994: 5-3
1995: 6-1 (also won vs. Ole Miss at The Pyramid)
1996: 8-0
1997: 6-2
TOTAL: 41-24 (63.1%)
Eddie Sutton in SEC road games:
Tuscaloosa - 75% (3-1)
Starkville - 75% (3-1)
Auburn - 50% (2-2)
Gainesville - 50% (2-2)
Baton Rouge - 50% (2-2)
Knoxville - 50% (2-2)
Oxford - 50% (2-2)
Nashville - 50% (2-2)
Athens - 33% (1-2) - also won 1 in Atlanta
Sutton's SEC road record by year:
1986: 8-1
1987: 4-5
1988: 5-3 (also won vs. Georgia at The Omni)
1989: 2-7
TOTAL: 19-16 (54.2%)
Joe B. Hall in SEC road games:
Gainesville - 77% (10-3)
Oxford - 77% (10-3)
Athens - 75% (9-3)
Starkville - 69% (9-4)
Nashville - 69% (9-4)
Auburn - 61.5% (8-5)
Baton Rouge - 46% (6-7) - but he lost 6 of his last 8
Tuscaloosa - 38.5% (5-8)
Knoxville - 8% (1-12) - by far the worst performance by any of our coaches against an SEC opponent
Joe B's SEC road record by year:
1973: 6-3
1974: 3-6
1975: 6-3
1976: 3-6
1977: 8-1
1978: 7-2
1979: 3-6
1980: 7-1 (also won vs. Georgia at The Omni)
1981: 6-3
1982: 4-5
1983: 5-4
1984: 5-4
1985: 4-5
TOTAL: 67-49 (57.8%)
Adolph Rupp in SEC road games:
Oxford - 100% (7-0) - also 3-0 at Jackson, 3-0 at Memphis
Sewanee - 100% (1-0)
Baton Rouge - 85% (11-2)
Athens - 79% (11-3) - also 3-0 at "neutral" Georgia sites
Starkville - 77% (10-3)
New Orleans - 77% (10-3)
Nashville - 72% (26-10) - but he was 7-7 in his last 14
Tuscaloosa - 70% (14-6)
Atlanta - 68% (15-7) - but he lost 6 of his last 10
Knoxville - 66% (25-13) - but he lost 6 of his last 10
Auburn - 64% (7-4)
Gainesville - 60% (9-6) - but he lost 5 of his last 6
Rupp's SEC road record by year:
1933: 2-0
1934: 5-0 (also won vs. Alabama at Birmingham)
1935: 4-0
1936: 1-2
1937: 1-3
1938: 2-0
1939: 2-0 (17-5 in '30s)
1940: 0-3
1941: 3-1
1942: 2-3
1943: 4-1
1944: N/A
1945: 1-1
1946: 3-0
1947: 5-0
1948: 5-0
1949: 4-0 (27-9 in '40s)
1950: 3-2
1951: 6-0
1952: 6-0
1953: N/A
1954: 4-0
1955: 5-1
1956: 3-1
1957: 4-2
1958: 3-1
1959: 4-2 (38-9 in '50s)
1960: 3-2
1961: 2-4
1962: 6-0
1963: 3-3
1964: 3-3
1965: 3-5
1966: 7-1
1967: 3-6
1968: 5-4
1969: 7-2 (42-30 in '60s)
1970: 8-1
1971: 7-2
1972: 5-4 (20-7 in '70s)
TOTAL: 144-60 (70.6%)
FINAL TALLY:
RUPP - 70.6%
TUBBY - 65%
CAL - 64.2%
PITINO - 63.1%
HALL - 57.8%
SUTTON - 54.2%
Here's a look at our results by decade in SEC road games...
1930s: 17-5 (77.3%)
1940s: 27-9 (75%)
1950s: 38-9 (80.9%)
1960s: 42-30 (58.3%)
1970s: 56-34 (62.2%)
1980s: 50-38 (56.8%)
1990s: 53-28 (65.4%)
2000s: 48-32 (60.0%)
2010s: 43-24 (64.2%)
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Kentucky basketball vs. Auburn all-time (17 different arenas)
Kentucky has been extremely successful against Auburn throughout the years, to put it mildly. The overall record is 91-18 (83.5%), second only to our marks against Ole Miss (89%) and Missouri (9-0). Let's check out the breakdown...
Home games: 45-2 (95.7%)
Rupp Arena: 25-2 (92.6%) - no losses at home since 1988
Memorial Coliseum: 18-0 (100%) - complete domination
Alumni Gym: 1-0 (100%)
Buell Armory Gym: 1-0 (100%)
Road games: 30-14 (68.2%)
Auburn Arena: 3-1 (75%) - lost in 2016
Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum: 24-9 (72.7%)
Auburn Sports Arena: 3-4 (42.9%)
Neutral sites: 16-2 (88.9%)
Garrett Coliseum (Montgomery, AL): 3-0 (100%) - regular season
Birmingham City Auditorium: 0-1 (0%) - regular season
Jefferson County Armory (Louisville): 5-0 (100%) - SEC Tournament
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center: 1-0 (100%) - SEC Tournament
Rupp Arena: 1-0 (100%) - SEC Tournament
Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville): 1-0 (100%) - SEC Tournament
The Omni (Atlanta): 0-1 (0%) - SEC Tournament
Georgia Dome (Atlanta): 2-0 (100%) - SEC Tournament
The Pyramid (Memphis): 1-0 (100%) - SEC Tournament
Superdome (New Orleans): 1-0 (100%) - SEC Tournament
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville): 1-0 (100%) - SEC Tournament
By type of game:
Regular season SEC home games: 43-2
Regular season SEC road games: 30-14
Regular season SEC neutral games: 3-1
Regular season SEC games overall: 76-17
Regular season pre-SEC home games: 2-0
SEC Tournament: 13-1
By coach:
Calipari: 8-1
Billy G: 2-0
Tubby: 11-1
Pitino: 11-1
Sutton: 5-4
Hall: 23-6
Rupp: 29-5
Ecklund: 1-0
Buchheit: 1-0
Monday, March 26, 2012
12 Coaching Matchups in UK/UofL Rivalry History
(updated through 2016)
UK and UofL are both storied programs (though of course, the former more than the latter). They both have had success under multiple head coaches.
The biggest names are as follows...
For UK:
Adolph Rupp (6 Final Fours, 4 NCAA titles)
Joe B. Hall (3 Final Fours, 1 NCAA title)
Rick Pitino (3 Final Fours, 1 NCAA title)
Tubby Smith (1 Final Four, 1 NCAA title)
John Calipari (4 Final Fours, 1 NCAA title)
For UofL:
Bernard "Peck" Hickman (1 Final Four)
Denny Crum (6 Final Fours, 2 NCAA titles)
Rick Pitino (3 Final Fours, 1 NCAA title)
There have been twelve different coaching matchups in the rivalry's history. Here's the rundown....
UK's John Tigert vs. UofL's Von Wolther: 1-0 (1913)
UK's Alpha Brumage vs. player-coached UofL squad: 3-1 (1914, 1915)
UK's James Park vs. UofL's Ed Bowman: 1-1 (1916)
UK's George Buchheit vs. UofL's John O'Rourke: 2-0 (1922)
UK's Adolph Rupp vs. UofL's Peck Hickman: 2-1 (1948, 1951, 1959)
UK's Joe B. Hall vs. UofL's Denny Crum: 2-2 (1983, 1984)
UK's Eddie Sutton vs. UofL's Denny Crum: 3-1 (1985-1988)
UK's Rick Pitino vs. UofL's Denny Crum: 6-2 (1989-1996)
UK's Tubby Smith vs. UofL's Denny Crum: 2-2 (1997-2001)
UK's Tubby Smith vs. UofL's Rick Pitino: 4-2 (2001-2006)
UK's Billy Gillispie vs. UofL's Rick Pitino: 0-2 (2008, 2009)
UK's John Calipari vs. UofL's Rick Pitino: 8-2 (2010-2016)
As you can see, only one matchup in the history of the rivalry (Gillispie vs. Pitino) went in favor of the Cardinals.
Overall records for coaches with multiple matchups in the rivalry
Rick Pitino: 12-14 (6-2 for UK, 6-12 for UofL)
Denny Crum: 7-13 (all with UofL)
Tubby Smith: 6-2 (all with UK)
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
UK and UofL are both storied programs (though of course, the former more than the latter). They both have had success under multiple head coaches.
The biggest names are as follows...
For UK:
Adolph Rupp (6 Final Fours, 4 NCAA titles)
Joe B. Hall (3 Final Fours, 1 NCAA title)
Rick Pitino (3 Final Fours, 1 NCAA title)
Tubby Smith (1 Final Four, 1 NCAA title)
John Calipari (4 Final Fours, 1 NCAA title)
For UofL:
Bernard "Peck" Hickman (1 Final Four)
Denny Crum (6 Final Fours, 2 NCAA titles)
Rick Pitino (3 Final Fours, 1 NCAA title)
There have been twelve different coaching matchups in the rivalry's history. Here's the rundown....
UK's John Tigert vs. UofL's Von Wolther: 1-0 (1913)
UK's Alpha Brumage vs. player-coached UofL squad: 3-1 (1914, 1915)
UK's James Park vs. UofL's Ed Bowman: 1-1 (1916)
UK's George Buchheit vs. UofL's John O'Rourke: 2-0 (1922)
UK's Adolph Rupp vs. UofL's Peck Hickman: 2-1 (1948, 1951, 1959)
UK's Joe B. Hall vs. UofL's Denny Crum: 2-2 (1983, 1984)
UK's Eddie Sutton vs. UofL's Denny Crum: 3-1 (1985-1988)
UK's Rick Pitino vs. UofL's Denny Crum: 6-2 (1989-1996)
UK's Tubby Smith vs. UofL's Denny Crum: 2-2 (1997-2001)
UK's Tubby Smith vs. UofL's Rick Pitino: 4-2 (2001-2006)
UK's Billy Gillispie vs. UofL's Rick Pitino: 0-2 (2008, 2009)
UK's John Calipari vs. UofL's Rick Pitino: 8-2 (2010-2016)
As you can see, only one matchup in the history of the rivalry (Gillispie vs. Pitino) went in favor of the Cardinals.
Overall records for coaches with multiple matchups in the rivalry
Rick Pitino: 12-14 (6-2 for UK, 6-12 for UofL)
Denny Crum: 7-13 (all with UofL)
Tubby Smith: 6-2 (all with UK)
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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