Saturday, March 26, 2011

Kentucky vs. North Carolina By the Numbers

Let's break this down by the numbers

                         Kentucky               North Carolina
Record               28-8                           29-7
AP                        11                                7
RPI                       7                                  6
SOS                      8                                 6
RPI 50                10-5                             3-5
Away                   4-7                              7-3
Neutral                9-1                             7-4
Pomeroy               6                                15
Worst Loss       Arkansas(127)         Georgia Tech(168)

Kentucky is 0-2 in Regional Final games against UNC (1977 and 1995).  The teams played in early December with North Carolina trumping the Cats 75-73.  Kentucky has reached their 17th Elite 8 which is second all time to North Carolina's 18 Elite 8s.  Overall in the NCAA tournament Kentucky has 106 wins to 105 for UNC and Kentucky leads in National Titles 7 to 5. 

1 comment:

  1. If Kentucky has 17 Elite 8's and 13 Final Fours, are you saying Kentucky has only lost four times in the Elite 8?

    I can think of WVU, Mich St twice, Duke, UNC twice, LSU off the top of my head. That's at least 7. I think your facts must be wrong.

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