Liveblog: Florida 88, Kentucky 66
No. 8 Kentucky visits the Sunshine State to take on No. 24 Florida in a key SEC battle at the renovated O’Connell Center. Tip time is 8:15 p.m. on ESPN.
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Kentucky at Florida
When: Saturday, 8:15 p.m.
Where: O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla.
TV: ESPN with Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Maria Taylor
Radio: UK Network with Tom Leach and Mike Pratt
Kentucky-Florida statistical comparisons
Category | UK | UF |
AP ranking | 8 | 24 |
Coaches poll | 6 | 23 |
RPI | 6 | 13 |
Pomeroy ranking | 5 | 9 |
Pomeroy offense | 4 | 20 |
Pomeroy defense | 15 | 7 |
Sagarin ranking | 3 | 13 |
Sagarin strength of schedule | 26 | 25 |
Field goal percentage | 49.1 | 45.5 |
Opponents FG percentage | 42.4 | 41.4 |
Three-point percentage | 35.8 | 36.0 |
Opponents 3P percentage | 31.3 | 31.6 |
Threes attempted per game | 20.8 | 21.1 |
Free throw percentage | 69.1 | 72 |
FT attempts per game | 27.1 | 25.0 |
Rebound margin per game | 5.7 | 2.4 |
Off rebound percentage | 36.1 | 33.9 |
Opponent off reb percentage | 28.7 | 30.3 |
Assists per game | 17.5 | 12.9 |
Turnovers per game | 11.9 | 11.5 |
Turnover percentage | 15.3 | 16.4 |
Opponents turnover percentage | 20.4 | 22.3 |
Blocked shots per game | 6.0 | 5.1 |
Steals per game | 6.3 | 8.0 |
Points per game | 91.3 | 79.3 |
Opponents points per game | 73.2 | 65.6 |
Points per possession | 1.180 | 1.129 |
Opp points per possession | 0.954 | 0.928 |
Possessions per game | 77.3 | 70.2 |
Projected score | 78 | 77 |
This story was originally published February 4, 2017 at 2:20 PM.