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posted 03-25-2014 08:42 PM
munchersA look at Kentucky’s win over Wichita State and Sweet 16 showdown with Louisville by the numbers:
1: Combined losses between Kentucky and Louisville over the course of the last 21 games and 2 NCAA Tournaments. That one loss came when Kentucky beat Louisville in the 2012 Final Four.
4: Teams to defeat an unbeaten team in the NCAA Tournament: Kentucky over Indiana (1975), Michigan State over Indiana State (1979), Duke over UNLV (1991) and Kentucky (2014).
7.9: Kentucky-Wichita State’s 7.9 TV rating was the best for a mid-Sunday NCAA Tournament afternoon window in 22 years.
8-2: John Calipari’s record in Sweet 16 games (2-1 at UMass, 3-1 at Memphis, 3-0 at UK).
9-1: Louisville’s record in NCAA Tournament games played in Indianapolis, the most wins and second-best record of any team (minimum 3 games).
11: Kentucky’s Pomeroy Rating; 17th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 25th in adjusted defensive efficiency. The last 11 national champions were ranked in the top 20 in adjusted offensive efficiency or among the top 50 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
13/10/6: Stat line for Julius Randle, who became the first player since 2003 to record 10+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists in an NCAA Tournament game.
15-2: John Calipari’s record in NCAA Tournament games at Kentucky.
22: Double-doubles for Julius Randle, tops in the NCAA this season, second-most in school history behind Dan Issel (25) and tied for third with Carmelo Anthony for 3rd most ever by a freshman.
23%: Chance KenPom formula gave Kentucky to make the Sweet 16 prior to the NCAA Tournament.
68: Combined points scored by Kentucky’s freshmen (An. Harrison 20, Aa. Harrison 19, Young 13, Randle 13, Johnson 3) against Wichita State, the fourth-highest total in the history of the NCAA Tournament behind Michigan (1992) and Kansas State (2008).
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