1) UK hit 15 of 27 three-point field goal attempts last night in their 79-49 destruction of hapless Georgia.
In that sense, it was almost a throwback game to the Pitino era, because:
- only once has a Cal team hit 15+ threes (15/33 against ETSU in the 2010 NCAA First Round)
- neither of Gillispie's squads hit 15+
- only once did a Tubby team ever hit 15+ (16/32 against Tulane in Freedom Hall, 2002)
...but Pitino's teams, due to a combination of strategy and (at times in the earlier years) desperation, were flinging up massive numbers from behind the arc.
The overall team record: 21 made threes (out of 48) in a 1989 loss to North Carolina
The most recent date with more than 15: January 2nd, 2002 against Tulane (16 of 32)
The Senior Day record: 20 made threes (out of 35) in the 1995 obliteration (127-80) of LSU
2) Darius Miller hit 5 of 9 three-point attempts in his final game in Rupp Arena.
This was 1 away from his career high of 6 made threes against South Carolina in 2011.
The overall record for any UK player: 10 made threes (out of 15) by Jodie Meeks at UT in 2009
The most recent date with more than 6: December 22nd, 2010 against Winthrop (Lamb hit 7 of 8)
The Senior Day record: 6 made threes (out of 8) by Tony Delk in the same LSU beatdown from 1995
3) Six different Wildcats hit threes - even Anthony Davis!
Miller had 5, Lamb and Wiltjer 3 each, Teague 2, Davis and MKG one each.
Our Cats have actually topped this a fair number of times in history.
The overall record for any UK team: 9 players made a total of 16 threes against Tulane 1/2/02 (Prince, Hawkins, Fitch, Bogans, Carruth, Carrier, Hayes, Estill, Heissenbuttel)
The most recent date with more than 6: the same 2002 Tulane game
The Senior Day record: 7 different players, twice (3/4/95 vs LSU, 3/2/91 vs Auburn)
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
Showing posts with label three-point field goals. Show all posts
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Stats from the Florida game, in perspective
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
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
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Three interesting stats from last night's Kentucky-Tennessee game
1) UK shot 54% and UT only 28%.
The 26% difference is the largest since a 29% advantage against Marist earlier this season.
For a bigger difference in an SEC regular season game, though, you have to go back to January 16th, 2007 when UK won 87-49 at South Carolina, and shot 63% to their 27%.
2) UK won by 25 points while only hitting a single three-point field goal (out of 10 attempts).
Over the years, the Wildcats' streak of games with a made three-pointer has had a number of similarly close calls. The most recent was the SEC Tournament quarterfinal against Alabama on March 3rd, 2010, when they hit only 1 of 13. Darnell Dodson hit that three.
The last regular season game with only 1 made three-pointer:
11/29/08 vs WVU (made 1 of 5, won by 11, Jodie Meeks hit the lone three)
The last SEC regular season game with only 1 made three-pointer:
2/12/08 at Vanderbilt (made 1 of 10, lost by 41, Ramel Bradley hit the lone three)
The last time UK made only 1 three-pointer, and won by 25 or more:
12/20/03 vs Indiana (made 1 of 8, won by 39, Kelenna Azubuike hit the lone three)
Finally, to meet all the criteria of last night's game (SEC, regular season, one made three-pointer, won by 25+):
2/1/97 vs Georgia (made 1 of 9, won by 25, Allen Edwards hit the lone three)
3) UK made 24 of 27 free throw attempts (89%).
The last superior performance (with at least 20 attempts) was against Georgia on 2009 Senior Day. In spite of their ridiculous accuracy at the line (26-28, 93%), UK managed to lose to an atrocious team and assure Billy G of being fired after the season.
Earlier that same season (1/13/09), UK won by 18 at Tennessee in the infamous Jodie Meeks 54 game. UK was 18 of 20 from the line (90%), with Jodie going 14 for 14.
The 26% difference is the largest since a 29% advantage against Marist earlier this season.
For a bigger difference in an SEC regular season game, though, you have to go back to January 16th, 2007 when UK won 87-49 at South Carolina, and shot 63% to their 27%.
2) UK won by 25 points while only hitting a single three-point field goal (out of 10 attempts).
Over the years, the Wildcats' streak of games with a made three-pointer has had a number of similarly close calls. The most recent was the SEC Tournament quarterfinal against Alabama on March 3rd, 2010, when they hit only 1 of 13. Darnell Dodson hit that three.
The last regular season game with only 1 made three-pointer:
11/29/08 vs WVU (made 1 of 5, won by 11, Jodie Meeks hit the lone three)
The last SEC regular season game with only 1 made three-pointer:
2/12/08 at Vanderbilt (made 1 of 10, lost by 41, Ramel Bradley hit the lone three)
The last time UK made only 1 three-pointer, and won by 25 or more:
12/20/03 vs Indiana (made 1 of 8, won by 39, Kelenna Azubuike hit the lone three)
Finally, to meet all the criteria of last night's game (SEC, regular season, one made three-pointer, won by 25+):
2/1/97 vs Georgia (made 1 of 9, won by 25, Allen Edwards hit the lone three)
3) UK made 24 of 27 free throw attempts (89%).
The last superior performance (with at least 20 attempts) was against Georgia on 2009 Senior Day. In spite of their ridiculous accuracy at the line (26-28, 93%), UK managed to lose to an atrocious team and assure Billy G of being fired after the season.
Earlier that same season (1/13/09), UK won by 18 at Tennessee in the infamous Jodie Meeks 54 game. UK was 18 of 20 from the line (90%), with Jodie going 14 for 14.
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