Saturday, March 31st @ 6:09pm
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, La.
CBS
This game will surely go down in college basketball history as the two rivals battle in the Final Four. Louisville seems to be playing its best basketball when it counts and Kentucky seems to be unbeatable at times. Kentucky vs. Louisville is 1st match-up of in-state rivals in national final or semifinals since 1962 when Cincinnati beat Ohio State. Lets look at the numbers:
Statistical Comparison
UK U of L
Record ....................... 36-2 30-9
Scoring Average ........ 77.9 68.4
Points Allowed ........... 60.6 60.8
Scoring Margin ......... +17.3 +7.6
FG Percentage ........... .488 .425
Opp. FG Percentage .. .375 .380
3-Pt. Percentage ........ .378 .317
FT Percentage ........... .727 .688
Rebound Margin ........ +7.1 +1.6
Turnover Margin ......... +0.4 +1.5
Coaches:
Career Wins:
Rick Pitino 616-227 (73.07%)
John Calipari 503-152 (76.79%)
Final Fours/Titles:
Rick Pitino has 6 Final Fours, 1 National Championship
John Calipari has 1 Final Four (2 were vacated due to player ineligibility), and 0 National Titles
Team Recruiting Comparison
-Kentucky has 6 McDonald’s All-Americans on the team, all of whom play major minutes, with no other top-50 recruits remaining on the squad.
-Louisville has 3 McD’s All-Americans in the form of Peyton Siva, Wayne Blackshear, and Chane Behanan. Four others were highly recruited but none of which cracked the RSCI top-50.
Kentucky
Probable Starters Ht Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown
F 3 Terrence JONES 6-9 252 So. 12.6 7.2 Portland, Ore.
F 14 M. KIDD-GILCHRIST 6-7 232 Fr. 12.0 7.6 Somerdale, N.J.
G 23 Anthony DAVIS 6-10 220 Fr. 14.3 10.1 Chicago, Ill.
G 20 Doron LAMB 6-4 210 So. 13.6 2.8 Queens, N.Y.
G 25 Marquis TEAGUE 6-2 189 Fr. 10.0 2.6 Indianapolis, Ind.
Louisville Probable Starters
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) PPGRPG
14 Kyle Kuric F 6-4 195 Sr. Evansville, Ind. (Memorial HS) 12.7 4.2
24 Chane Behanan F 6-6 250 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Bowling Green Ky. HS) 9.5 7.4
10 Gorgui Dieng C 6-11 235 So. Kebemer, Senegal (Huntington Prep) 9.2 9.0
3 Peyton Siva G 6-0 180 Jr. Seattle, Wash. (Franklin HS) 9.1 3.2
5 Chris Smith G 6-2 195 Sr. Millstone, N.J. (Manhattan College) 9.7 3.6
Complete Team Stats
Louisville:
| Game Statistics |
| Player |
GP |
MIN |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
TPG |
FG% |
FT% |
3P% |
| Kyle Kuric |
37 |
36.2 |
12.7 |
4.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.423 |
.800 |
.328 |
| Russ Smith |
38 |
21.3 |
11.6 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
.359 |
.768 |
.308 |
| Chris Smith |
39 |
27.6 |
9.7 |
3.6 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
.409 |
.740 |
.398 |
| Chane Behanan |
39 |
25.8 |
9.5 |
7.4 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
.513 |
.588 |
.176 |
| Gorgui Dieng |
39 |
32.6 |
9.2 |
9.0 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
2.0 |
.534 |
.673 |
.500 |
| Peyton Siva |
37 |
31.7 |
9.1 |
3.2 |
5.6 |
1.7 |
0.1 |
3.5 |
.403 |
.735 |
.239 |
| Mike Marra |
2 |
12.5 |
6.0 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.625 |
.500 |
.250 |
| Rakeem Buckles |
11 |
13.5 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
.432 |
.556 |
.400 |
| Jared Swopshire |
38 |
13.3 |
3.4 |
2.9 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.391 |
.688 |
.208 |
| Wayne Blackshear |
14 |
6.5 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.250 |
.556 |
.278 |
| Angel Nunez |
12 |
4.6 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.381 |
.500 |
.375 |
| Mark Jackson |
3 |
4.0 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
.500 |
.000 |
1.000 |
| Stephan Van Treese |
3 |
6.7 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
.333 |
.500 |
.000 |
| Tim Henderson |
11 |
5.2 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.364 |
.500 |
.429 |
| Kevin Ware |
20 |
5.3 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
.296 |
.333 |
.000 |
| Elisha Justice |
24 |
5.1 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.385 |
.667 |
.091 |
| Zach Price |
19 |
4.3 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
.308 |
.267 |
.000 |
| Totals |
39 |
-- |
68 |
38 |
13 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
.425 |
.688 |
.317 |
Kentucky:
| Game Statistics |
| Player |
GP |
MIN |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
TPG |
FG% |
FT% |
3P% |
| Anthony Davis |
38 |
31.7 |
14.3 |
10.1 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
4.6 |
0.9 |
.633 |
.712 |
.150 |
| Doron Lamb |
38 |
31.0 |
13.6 |
2.8 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
.471 |
.829 |
.471 |
| Terrence Jones |
36 |
29.2 |
12.6 |
7.2 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
.501 |
.641 |
.333 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist |
38 |
31.2 |
12.0 |
7.6 |
1.9 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
.486 |
.755 |
.260 |
| Darius Miller |
38 |
26.0 |
10.0 |
2.7 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
1.4 |
.472 |
.785 |
.378 |
| Marquis Teague |
38 |
32.5 |
10.0 |
2.6 |
4.8 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
.412 |
.716 |
.312 |
| Kyle Wiltjer |
38 |
11.9 |
5.1 |
1.8 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
.437 |
.815 |
.430 |
| Sam Malone |
6 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
.500 |
.000 |
.000 |
| Eloy Vargas |
31 |
6.3 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
.333 |
.308 |
.000 |
| Brian Long |
12 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
.500 |
.000 |
| Jarrod Polson |
11 |
2.8 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.000 |
.250 |
.000 |
| Twany Beckham |
16 |
2.8 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
| Totals |
37 |
-- |
78 |
39 |
13 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
.492 |
.729 |
.386 |
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