The House of Blue

UK 72
UGA 68

UK 65
Ga 64

Cats-74..
Dogs- 72.
In OT..

78-70 Cats.

UK by 9

Uk is RPI 51, Georgia is 125. Loks like a good game on paper, but UK cleans their clock. final score closer than the actual play.

UGA 74 UK 80

UK 69
UGA 62

For what its worth, Vegas opened this morning, UK by 3

The the links below to see the results after the game. During the second half the table will show projected results based on projected final scores.

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UK scored its 62 points in 64 possessions [0.97 ppp] for the game, and GEORGIA scored its 72 points on 64 possessions [1.12 ppp].

Kentucky won the boards, with a rebounding edge 42-40, and Kentucky won the battle of the offensive glass 17-13. GEORGIA converted its 13 second chance possessions into 3 second chance points while Kentucky converted their 17 second chance possessions to score 11 second chance points. GEORGIA had an offensive efficiency of 1.078 ppp on its 64 first chance possessions and 0.231 ppp for its 13 second chance possessions. UK had 0.797 ppp on its 64 first chance possessions and 0.647 ppp on its 17 second chance possessions. With respect to the offensive rebounding, UK grabbed 38.6% of its misses as offensive rebounds while GEORGIA was able to convert 34.2% of its misses into bonus possessions with offensive rebounds.

Kentucky shot poorly from the free throw line in this game, making 10-18 [55.6%] and missing the front end of several bonus opportunities. GEORGIA made 27-34 [79.4%] for the game. Field goal shooting for UK was 23-62 overall [37.1%] and 6-26 from long range [23.1%]. For GEORGIA, their field goal shooting from inside the arc was a low 12-37 32.4%] and from long range, GEORGIA hit 7-15 [46.7%].

The Cats who committed 10 turnovers, one for every 6.4 possessions. The Cats forced 10 GEORGIA turnovers, one for every 6.4 possessions.

Prior to the game, the NGE analysis predicted a 3 point Kentucky win, 67-64 at a pace of 67 possessions for UK and 66 possessions for GEORGIA. The final score was 62 (67) to 72 (64) at a pace of 64 possessions for the Cats and 64 possessions for GEORGIA. The UK offensive efficiency for the game was 0.969 ppp (1.000 ppp) and the UK defensive efficiency was 1.125 ppp (0.970 ppp).

Next Game On Schedule: Saturday, March 9, 2013 when the Cats back to Rupp for the final game of the regular season against the Championship Florida Gators..