Did the Ole Miss game do anything to our defensive stats on the year?

[kyups01]

I loved that everyone was talking about us potentially setting defensive records this year and I was hoping we would come out and shut them down. Are we still ranked #1 in the 3 categories we were going in?

This post was edited on 1/8 11:01 AM by kyups01

 

[maverick1]

No -- oddly enough, and for reasons still not completely understood by professional statisticians, the defensive stats from the Ol' Miss game had no effect whatsoever on our year-to-date defensive stats. Curiously, however, this anomaly involved the defensive side only as the offensive stats from that game actually did affect our offensive year-to-date stats.

It's really weird, but that's the way it is.


edit: reasons >>> reason


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This post was edited on 1/8 11:13 AM by maverick1

 

[Katsure]

Just wow...and I've also seen our RPI drop after a win while nine of the eleven teams that we'd already played also won.

Think it was back in BCG days...when we needed the rpi desperately.

 

[IL Wildcat]

It did change our total numbers a bit according to KenPom, but UK was so far ahead in so many categories defensively that it didn't change our rankings. Here are our numbers according to KenPom...

Category: raw number (national rank)
Defensive efficiency: 83.9 (1)
Effective FG%: 35.8 (1)
2-point % D: 32.5 (1)
Block %: 21.9 (1)
Turnover % D: 25 (10)
Steal %: 12.3 (27)
3-point % D: 28.4 (31)

Our 3pt% D dropped a little bit, obviously, but our overall defensive efficiency numbers were so far above the rest of the field that our Cats remain #1 in several categories.

Now, if we have several more games where we allow 86 points and better than 50% from the field and 3-pt range, those numbers will drop. But, at this point, it looks more like a statistical anomaly. What we don't want is for this to become a trend. I don't think that will be a problem because my opinion is that Ole Miss just shot the ball ridiculously well. You just tip your cap and say "nice shootin' boys, too bad you couldn't win" and move on. Those couldn't hit those same shots at that rate again if they were in the gym alone, but they did it with a hand in their faces very often.

 

[maverick1]

Originally posted by MdWIldcat55:
"No -- oddly enough, and for reasons still not completely
understood by professional statisticians, the defensive stats from the
Ol' Miss game had no effect whatsoever on our year-to-date defensive
stats."

Not only that, it turns out if Ole Miss had managed to score between 120 and 140 points, it would have actually improved Kentucky's defensive stats. This is an anomaly hard to explain or even understand without a degree in calculus or statistical analysis.

this is getting curiouser and curiouser by the minute.

 

[kornucopia]

We did an updated statistical outlook after the ole miss game. UK is still number 1 in quite a bit of categories

Updated statistical outlook

 

[kyups01]

Weren't we holding teams to 29% field goal before the Ole Miss game?