Team Breakdown: Kentucky - Mariah Stoltzfus


Let’s start off by talking about how Kentucky got to the sweet 16. Kentucky got to the sweet 16 by beating Davidson and also beating Buffalo in the second round. Kentucky was in the SEC which is shot for Southeastern Conference. Kentucky only placed 4th in thier conference though. But kentucky did win their conference tourney against Tennessee 77-72. Kentucky final record in the regular season was 26-10 and they were 10-8 in conference. Kentucky was really good at home only losing 2 at home and winning 16 at home too. But Kentucky was not too good on the road only winning 4 games on the road and losing 6 games on the road too. Kentucky’s best player are Kevin Knox. Kevin Know is averaging around 16 points a game and 5 rebounds a game and also gets about 2 assets a game too. Kevin Knox also is about 45% from the field and 34% from three point range, he is a 77% free throw shooter too. Kentucky is pretty good at both defense and offense too. Kentucky is ranked 21 in offense and 23 in defense. Kentucky is average in tempo this year Kentucky is ranked 137 in tempo. But Kentucky had the 11th hardest schedule this year. I think that Kentucky will go fair but not win the tournament because they aren’t the strongest team in left in the tournament, I think they will lose in the final four.

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