Kentucky Defense Since Gonzaga Loss

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Kentucky is 7-1 in their last 8 games.

vs Ole Miss
at Auburn
at LSU
vs Alabama
at Mississippi State
vs Arkansas
vs Vanderbilt
at Tennessee

Their adjusted defense ranks 50th over this stretch. Not great, but more than enough to make a deep run.

 

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Over the same stretch (7 games), Purdue's defense ranks 96th.

 

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Kentucky, from January 31st to February 10th (4 games, Florida, Tennessee, Vandy and Gonzaga), they ranked 272nd in the country in defense. THIS was the stretch that absolutely crippled their metrics.