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Kentucky

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Kentucky Wildcats, Kentucky
Program History
Coach: John Calipari

2018 Team Stats (22 games)

73.8
PPG
70.6
Opp
+4.1
Margin
46.0%
FG%
33.7%
3P%
69.6%
FT%
36.9
RPG
12.1
APG
12.1
TO
79.0
Pace

Model Outputs

2017-2018
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1613 (#25) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1590 (#7) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.8 More → +40.8 (#11) HCA +2.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.550 (#32) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +1.8 More → 0.550 (#25) NetEff +1.8
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +6.7 More → 0.683 (#45) AdjNet +6.7
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +6.8 More → 0.686 (#45) AdjNet +6.8

2018 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2017-11-12 vs Vermont Catamounts W 73 - 69
2017-11-22 vs Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons W 86 - 67
2017-12-02 vs Harvard Crimson W 79 - 70
2017-12-16 vs Virginia Tech Hokies W 93 - 86
2017-12-29 vs Louisville Cardinals W 90 - 61
2017-12-31 vs Georgia Bulldogs W 66 - 61
2018-01-03 @ LSU Tigers W 74 - 71
2018-01-06 @ Tennessee Volunteers L 65 - 76
2018-01-09 vs Texas A&M Aggies W 74 - 73
2018-01-13 @ Vanderbilt Commodores W 74 - 67
2018-01-16 @ South Carolina Gamecocks L 68 - 76
2018-01-20 vs Florida Gators L 64 - 66
2018-01-30 vs Vanderbilt Commodores W 83 - 81
2018-02-03 @ Missouri Tigers L 60 - 69
2018-02-06 vs Tennessee Volunteers L 59 - 61
2018-02-10 @ Texas A&M Aggies L 74 - 85
2018-02-14 @ Auburn Tigers L 66 - 76
2018-02-28 vs Ole Miss Rebels W 96 - 78
2018-03-03 @ Florida Gators L 67 - 80
2018-03-09 vs Georgia Bulldogs W 62 - 49
2018-03-10 vs Alabama Crimson Tide W 86 - 63
2018-03-11 @ Tennessee Volunteers W 77 - 72
2018-03-15 vs Davidson Wildcats W 78 - 73
2018-03-17 vs Buffalo Bulls W 95 - 75
2018-03-22 vs Kansas State Wildcats L 58 - 61

2018 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
S. Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander - 25 34.4 16.1 4.1 5.0 1.7 0.6 2.9 10.7 13.9 - - - 48.7 41.2 81.8 - 60.9 51.3
K. Knox II K. Knox II - 25 31.9 14.2 5.4 1.4 0.6 0.2 2.0 11.2 8.5 21 1.8 2.9 42.0 28.8 79.0 0.75 54.8 47.3
P.J. Washington P.J. Washington - 25 28.2 10.7 5.9 1.2 0.9 0.6 1.4 7.1 10.7 - - - 50.0 26.7 57.8 - 56.2 51.1
Q. Green Q. Green G 22 26.2 9.1 1.6 2.5 0.3 0.0 1.5 7.5 4.5 - - - 41.6 34.2 76.5 - 55.3 49.1
Hamidou Diallo Hamidou Diallo - 25 24.8 9.0 3.3 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.2 7.3 5.9 23 3.3 7.5 41.8 32.0 58.5 0.65 51.4 46.2
Wenyen Gabriel Wenyen Gabriel - 25 24.0 6.8 5.2 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.3 4.8 8.0 - - - 46.7 41.4 67.7 - 64.0 58.8
J. Vanderbilt J. Vanderbilt - 9 16.8 5.1 6.6 1.1 0.6 0.6 1.2 4.0 8.7 - - - 44.4 0.0 66.7 - 50.8 44.4
N. Richards N. Richards - 25 14.0 4.8 4.3 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.6 2.3 7.4 - - - 58.6 0 66.7 - 79.2 58.6
S. Killeya-Jones S. Killeya-Jones F 23 14.4 3.6 2.7 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.7 1.9 4.4 - - - 65.9 0.0 64.5 - 71.1 65.9
D. Pulliam D. Pulliam G 3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
J. David J. David G 3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
T. Wynyard T. Wynyard F 3 4.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0
B. Calipari B. Calipari G 8 2.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.2 - - - 0.0 0.0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG