33 Years - Statistical Summary

[megablue]

I spent the morning working on a spreadsheet for the past thirty-three (33) years, but it was too big to provide the yearly details. Here is the summary, for your possible interest.

Years	Coach	Games	W	L	WIN %		FG	FGA	TOT %		FG	FGA	2PT %		FG	FGA	3PT %		FT	FTA	FT %		OFF		DEF		DIFF
8	Pitino	269	219	50	81.41%		8291	17770	46.66%		5981	11455	52.21%​		2310	6315	36.58%		4514	6388	70.66%		87.02		72.58		14.43
10	Smith	346	263	83	76.01%		9463	20275	46.67%		7209	13675	52.72%​		2254	6600	34.15%		4810	7156	67.22%		75.11		65.55		9.57
2	Gillispie	67	40	27	59.70%		1668	3504	47.60%		1284	2438	52.67%​		384	1066	36.02%		1073	1421	75.51%		71.54		65.97		5.57
13	Calipari	443	348	95	78.56%		11947	25478	46.89%		9313	18039	51.63%​		2634	7439	35.41%		7428	10505	70.71%		76.65		65.14		11.51
33	Total	1125	870	255	77.33%		31369	67027	46.80%		23787	45607	52.16%​		7582	21420	35.40%		17825	25470	69.98%		78.35		67.10		11.26

 

[UKWildcats1987]

The best 12 years of these runs.

Pitino 1991-1992 to 1996-1997 went 183-30 for 85.92% winning percentage with 1 title and 3 Final Fours.

Cal 2009-2010 to 2014-2015 went 190-38 for 83.33% winning percentage with 1 title and 4 Final Fours.

In the past 62 years UK has 4 titles and 12 Final Fours. 2 titles and 7 Final Fours came within 12 seasons...which is less than 20% of the total time period I am referencing. You have 2 titles and 4 Final Fours the other 50 seasons, and we all know if you add a year to the 90s it becomes 3 Titles and 4 Final fours in that 7 year stretch.

UK has had some amazing hot streaks within your past 33 year time line for sure.

 

[blue woman]

Interesting how the last 5 seasons compare to the years before the texas gruff.

Remove those first glorious seasons with cal, up to 2015--and these last season totals are almost identical to tub.

rr

 

[bbncal02]

Because minus BCG and Sutton, every coach we’ve had has been a solid winner.

Rupp- competitive, 4 titles in a different era of play, but that’s still insane.

Hall- not quite as competitive outwardly, but didn’t want to fail, so persisted and won a title outright to set him apart from Rupp and not be Rupp’s shadow.

Rick- tenacious and tough. Very solid coaching with good recruiting. Only mistake he ever made at UK was not putting a damn man on an inbounds pass. Ugh. His second mistake was leaving Definitely not the same person as he was here.

Tubby- classy representation of the program. Didn’t let the program slide after Rick until way towards the end of his tenure. Good coach and will always be welcome here.

Cal- insane recruiter and good coach, especially upon arrival. Owned Pitino while Rick was at UofL keeping them at bay. Good ambassador of the program. And hopefully is getting his fire back.
if he doesn’t he will fall in with Rick into the category of “What if?”

Whomever takes the reigns after Cal will have ridiculously huge shoes to fill.

 

[ruppcat]

Because minus BCG and Sutton, every coach we’ve had has been a solid winner.

Rupp- competitive, 4 titles in a different era of play, but that’s still insane.

Hall- not quite as competitive outwardly, but didn’t want to fail, so persisted and won a title outright to set him apart from Rupp and not be Rupp’s shadow.

Rick- tenacious and tough. Very solid coaching with good recruiting. Only mistake he ever made at UK was not putting a damn man on an inbounds pass. Ugh. His second mistake was leaving Definitely not the same person as he was here.

Tubby- classy representation of the program. Didn’t let the program slide after Rick until way towards the end of his tenure. Good coach and will always be welcome here.

Cal- insane recruiter and good coach, especially upon arrival. Owned Pitino while Rick was at UofL keeping them at bay. Good ambassador of the program. And hopefully is getting his fire back.
if he doesn’t he will fall in with Rick into the category of “What if?”

Whomever takes the reigns after Cal will have ridiculously huge shoes to fill.

I'd say the program did slide under Tubby. One Final Four in his tenure....and not with his players.

Cal may or may not have peaked. This season may tell us more.

 

[bbncal02]

I'd say the program did slide under Tubby. One Final Four in his tenure....and not with his players.

Cal may or may not have peaked. This season may tell us more.

It did especially toward the end. But we never failed to make the tournament under him. I’d call that acceptable following a legendary coach.

Tubby catches a lot of crap for his tenure. Some it fair. But a lot of it is not.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

It did especially toward the end. But we never failed to make the tournament under him. I’d call that acceptable following a legendary coach.

Tubby catches a lot of crap for his tenure. Some it fair. But a lot of it is not.

Tubby's tenure is looked at a lot differently if UK makes the Final Four in either 2003 or 2005 IMO.

I also feel if Calipari went to the national title game in 2019 and lost instead of losing in 2014 people would have a weaker argument on the UK has slid to the depths reasoning. Last year was an abomination and everyone, including Calipari knows that. We have had one possession elite 8 games in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019...the first 3 the ball bounced our way and the last 2 it didn't. That's basketball.

 

[bbncal02]

Tubby's tenure is looked at a lot differently if UK makes the Final Four in either 2003 or 2005 IMO.

I also feel if Calipari went to the national title game in 2019 and lost instead of losing in 2014 people would have a weaker argument on the UK has slid to the depths reasoning. Last year was an abomination and everyone, including Calipari knows that. We have had one possession elite 8 games in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019...the first 3 the ball bounced our way and the last 2 it didn't. That's basketball.

Exactly.

 

[ruppcat]

It did especially toward the end. But we never failed to make the tournament under him. I’d call that acceptable following a legendary coach.

Tubby catches a lot of crap for his tenure. Some it fair. But a lot of it is not.

disagree.....just making the Dance is the very minimum expectation. UK should always make the Dance.

Cal has dropped the ball twice there.

 

[bbncal02]

disagree.....just making the Dance is the very minimum expectation. UK should always make the Dance.

Cal has dropped the ball twice there.

He gets a little slack in 2013. We lost our key player. That’s just bad luck.

And last year is on him alone for sure. But we technically didn’t go. And decided to end our season for two reasons.

For sake of pure argument it’s only once.

 

[ruppcat]

Tubby's tenure is looked at a lot differently if UK makes the Final Four in either 2003 or 2005 IMO.

I also feel if Calipari went to the national title game in 2019 and lost instead of losing in 2014 people would have a weaker argument on the UK has slid to the depths reasoning. Last year was an abomination and everyone, including Calipari knows that. We have had one possession elite 8 games in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019...the first 3 the ball bounced our way and the last 2 it didn't. That's basketball.

Agree.

 

[ruppcat]

He gets a little slack in 2013. We lost our key player. That’s just bad luck.

And last year is on him alone for sure. But we technically didn’t go. And decided to end our season for two reasons.

For sake of pure argument it’s only once.

The record shows two misses.....and the loss to Robert Morris in the NIT was embarrassing.

 

[bbncal02]

The record shows two misses.....and the loss to Robert Morris in the NIT was embarrassing.

It was but nobody wanted to be there.
Not the fans. Not Cal. Not the players. That loss was a mercy kill. We were all done with that year.

When Nerlens went down. So did the season. Has happened to every coach just about at one point.

We declined last year mainly due to Covid.
But also because Cal and team didn’t want to go either.

So 2013 is excusable. Hard to win without your best dude. Last year is not.

 

[ruppcat]

It was but nobody wanted to be there.
Not the fans. Not Cal. Not the players. That loss was a mercy kill. We were all done with that year.

When Nerlens went down. So did the season. Has happened to every coach just about at one point.

We declined last year mainly due to Covid.
But also because Cal and team didn’t want to go either.

So 2013 is excusable. Hard to win without your best dude. Last year is not.

But the 2013 season illustrates the fallacy with the "one and done" concept. You need some depth and experience.

 

[bbncal02]

But the 2013 season illustrates the fallacy with the "one and done" concept. You need some depth and experience.

8 years ago that’s just how top programs were running. Almost a different era of college ball.

We’re not running that way now. And Cal wasn’t trying to overly do it that way last year either. We just had some overrated signees and a bad bad PG.

 

[ruppcat]

8 years ago that’s just how top programs were running. Almost a different era of college ball.

We’re not running that way now. And Cal wasn’t trying to overly do it that way last year either. We just had some overrated signees and a bad bad PG.

Seems there was a lot of "overrated" signees. We missed bigley.

 

[JustBlue]

Even after Nerlens went down all we needed to do to make the tournament was beat a terrible Vanderbilt team in the first game of the SEC tournament. That's it. We were barely in the tournament by all accounts and the ONLY thing that we could not afford was a bad loss. And Vanderbilt drilled us. If we beat Vandy and lose the next game we still would have been in. We were the overall number one seed in the NIT so we were the first team left out. The team fought HARD to get back in a position to go to the tourney and that loss just sucked the life out of them.

JB

 

[BigTyrone]

He gets a little slack in 2013. We lost our key player. That’s just bad luck.

And last year is on him alone for sure. But we technically didn’t go. And decided to end our season for two reasons.

For sake of pure argument it’s only once.

He gets a mulligan coming off a title in 2013. Last year was inexcusable. Did we even get an NIT bid? We didn't deserve one. What a disaster. Hopefully the last two games are indicative of us turning the corner again. We're if we can keep that up, we're a too 5 team.

 

[ruppcat]

Even after Nerlens went down all we needed to do to make the tournament was beat a terrible Vanderbilt team in the first game of the SEC tournament. That's it. We were barely in the tournament by all accounts and the ONLY thing that we could not afford was a bad loss. And Vanderbilt drilled us. If we beat Vandy and lose the next game we still would have been in. We were the overall number one seed in the NIT so we were the first team left out. The team fought HARD to get back in a position to go to the tourney and that loss just sucked the life out of them.

JB

Even so....."you never quit, boy". Sailor....Uncommon Valor