Sunday, April 1, 2012

Kentucky vs. Kansas By the Numbers


Let's break this down by the numbers

                         Kentucky                  Kansas
Record               37-2                           30-7
AP                                                       6
RPI                        2                              6
SOS                      25                             11
RPI 50                 13-2                         13-5 
Away                     8-1                          8-2
Neutral                 11-1                         8-3
Pomeroy                1                              4
Worst Loss       Vanderbilt(18)          Davidson(64)

Kentucky and Louisville have met 26 previous times with Kentucky winning 20 and Kansas 6.  Kansas and Kentucky will be meeting in the NCAA tournament for the third time. Kentucky won in 1999 in the Second Round and Kansas won in 2007 in the Second Round.   Kentucky has lost 3 of the last 4 meetings but did win the previous meeting this season 75-65.  The two teams played the Rupp Arena Dedication game in 1976 which the Cats won.  The match-up features Kentucky with the most wins all-time and Kansas with the second most wins and is a Championship Game coaching rematch of Calipari and Self from the 2008 title game.   

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