Rich: Turnovers will be key

[pap49cba]

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[HuskyNan]

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.​

~Aaron Levenstein​

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Yes, UK forced 921 TOs this season, including 49 against Arkansas Pine Bluff, but how did they do vs good teams?

Louisville - 26 forced/26 committed
Duke - 16 forced/26 committed
Notre Dame - 19 forced/22 committed
Tennessee - 16 forced/20 committed
South Carolina - 18 forced/29 committed
LSU - 16 forced/26 committed
Tennessee - 20 forced/19 committed
Vandy - 16 forced/24 committed
South Carolina - 14 forced/21 committed
LSU - 17 forced/24 committed
Gonzaga - 14 forced/10 committed

Kentucky opponents with the most turnovers (teams in the state of Mississippi seems especially prone to TOs):

Arkansas Pine Bluff - 49
Jacksonville State - 48
Nebraska-Omaha - 42
Northeastern - 37
Mississippi Valley State - 36
Ole Miss - 36
Mississippi State - 33
Southern Miss - 31
Auburn - 30
Morehead State - 30
Alabama - 30

 

[Sonny44]

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Arkansas Pine What?
Is that near Eastern Biloxi Junction, part of the soda pop valley league?

 

[jsloanjr]

BIG 10, SEC and the B 12 do not play with the tenacity of this UCONN team. PSU found out that DEFENSE by UCONN caused them to play at a pace they did not like and shoot shots that were not comfortable.......

UCONN 84 UK 56

 

[MilfordHusky]

Arkansas Pine Bluff? Are you bluffing?

 

[Sonny44]

Must be a Forestry school.

 

[DobbsRover2]

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.​

~Aaron Levenstein​

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Yes, UK forced 921 TOs this season, including 49 against Arkansas Pine Bluff, but how did they do vs good teams?

Louisville - 26 forced/26 committed
Duke - 16 forced/26 committed
Notre Dame - 19 forced/22 committed
Tennessee - 16 forced/20 committed
South Carolina - 18 forced/29 committed
LSU - 16 forced/26 committed
Tennessee - 20 forced/19 committed
Vandy - 16 forced/24 committed
South Carolina - 14 forced/21 committed
LSU - 17 forced/24 committed
Gonzaga - 14 forced/10 committed

Kentucky opponents with the most turnovers (teams in the state of Mississippi seems especially prone to TOs):

Arkansas Pine Bluff - 49
Jacksonville State - 48
Nebraska-Omaha - 42
Northeastern - 37
Mississippi Valley State - 36
Ole Miss - 36
Mississippi State - 33
Southern Miss - 31
Auburn - 30
Morehead State - 30
Alabama - 30

This is truly an incredible division of a stat. UK is at -55 against the top 11 teams they have played but overall is #2 in the nation and have a +355 advantage in turnover margin because against teams like Arkanasa- Pine Bluff they ran up advantages of 39 or so. That does make their ferocious-seeming defense seem a whole lot more tame. Two of the crushed teams Ark Pine Bluff and Savannah St. are #340 and #339 of 342 teams in the Sagarin ratings and I can't even find a listing for Nebraska-Omaha, another of the stripped ones.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Nice analysis by Nan and Dobbs.

In keeping with the bikini theme, let's hope that Kentucky gets waxed tomorrow.