What the analytics say about Kentucky's defense through 29 games

Nearly a full regular season of non-conference and SEC games provides an enormous pool of analytics for Kentucky basketball. We're not dealing with small samples.

While numbers and metrics sometimes require explanations, caveats, and nuance, the data you'll find below paints a worthwhile statistical portrait of these 24-5 Wildcats. Both the good and the bad are hard to explain away.

Overall Defense

Defense Type	% of Time	PPP	Rank / Rating

Overall	100%	0.817	89% / Excellent
Transition	12.8%	0.802	99% / Excellent
Short Shot Clock	6.7%	0.63	80% / Very Good
Out of Bounds (End)	8.4%	0.719	82% / Very Good
Out of Bounds (Side)	4.3%	0.802	46% / Average
After Time Outs	17.5%	0.777	80% / Very Good
Man Defense	97.1%	0.813	75% / Very Good
Zone Defense	2.9%	1.052	16% / Below Average
Press Defense	2.6%	0.882	36% / Average

In the following chart we'll show Synergy's data on Kentucky's defense as it relates to specific play types.

Play Types

Play Types	% of Time	PPP	Rank / Rating

Spot Up	24.5%	0.923	28% / Below Average
P&R Ball Handler	15.6%	0.765	38% / Average
Transition	12.8%	0.802	99% / Excellent
Isolation	7.8%	0.503	11% / Poor
Put Backs	6.3%	1.014	75% / Very Good
Post-Ups	6.2%	0.716	89% / Excellent
Off Screen	5.2%	0.754	78% / Very Good
P&R Roll Man	5%	0.711	96% / Excellent
Hand Off	3.6%	0.651	86% / Excellent