Guess Who Has #1 Defense in Kenpom?

[Huma1894]

Thanks to Louisville shooting at a good clip tonight against Virginia, UK has moved back into the top defensive spot on Kenpom. I never liked hearing that UK was #2 in defense.

Kenpom

 

[UKGrad93]

We are also the only team that is top 10 in offense & defense.

 

[JerseyCat84_rivals57050]

Kind of surprised we moved up to #1 that quickly. Granted, UVa gave up 59 points but that's still not a whole lot.

This post was edited on 3/7 9:48 PM by JerseyCat84

 

[Aike]

Originally posted by JerseyCat84:
Kind of surprised we moved up to #1 that quickly. Granted, UVa gave up 59 points but that's still not a whole lot.

This post was edited on 3/7 9:48 PM by JerseyCat84

We did a nice job on Florida today too. They shot OK, but turned it over 17 times.

 

[5iveStarRecruit]

 

[new era cat]

Is there still a rating system were are not #1 in?

 

[fryrice]

Even though it's #1 now, Kentucky's defensive efficiency has plummeted quite a bit since its peak this year.

 

[Aike]

I don't think plummeted is the right word.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

Originally posted by fryrice:
Even though it's #1 now, Kentucky's defensive efficiency has plummeted quite a bit since its peak this year.

Competition stiffened overall, and teams have more and more tape on how to attack the UK D. UK still has the best D in the nation by far.

 

[fryrice]

Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:

Originally posted by fryrice:
Even though it's #1 now, Kentucky's defensive efficiency has plummeted quite a bit since its peak this year.

Competition stiffened overall, and teams have more and more tape on how to attack the UK D. UK still has the best D in the nation by far.

Adjusted defensive efficiency takes into consideration the level of competition, so that should have no bearing on the dropping of Kentucky's adjusted defensive efficiency.

 

[fryrice]

Originally posted by Aike:
I don't think plummeted is the right word.

As of games through January 29th when Kentucky was 20-0, it's adjusted defensive efficiency was 80.1. Here's a snapshot.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150131020414/http://kenpom.com/

11 games later it sits at 85.1.

A 5 point adjusted efficiency drop this late in the season over the course of 11 games, with 20 games already in the books is pretty meaningful. To me that's a plummet.

Luckily though Kentucky's adjusted offensive efficiency has gone up by 4 points over that same time span almost negating that drop.