< Previous10 @KentuckyMBBYou can enjoy FREE * grocery delivery, 2X Fuel Points and more for as low as $59/year. *$35 order minimum. Restrictions apply. Subject to availability. Delivery time not guaranteed. Official Grocery Partner of UK AthleticsWEEKNIGHTS 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY 9:00 a.m.14 @KentuckyMBB From Press Row What's in Play with One to Play Kentucky can finish anywhere from third to fifth in the league standings and seeding for the SEC Tournament with one game re- maining of the regular-season. Kentucky is the No. 3 seed if: • UK beats Arkansas OR • Kentucky, Missouri (vs. Ole Miss) and Tennessee (at Auburn) all lose Kentucky is the No. 4 seed if: • UK falls at Arkansas AND • Either Tennessee or Missouri loses Ken- tucky is the No. 5 seed if: • UK falls at Arkansas AND • Tennessee and Missouri both win What's Trending over the Last Five Games A snapshot of what has been trending with the Cats over their last five games played: • UK is 4-1 with wins at Mississippi State, vs. Tennessee, at Florida and vs. Au- burn and a home loss to Vanderbilt • Four Wildcats are averaging dou- ble-figure points: Tshiebwe (20.4), Reeves (14.6), Toppin (13.2) and Wallace (10.6) • Kentucky is plus-14.8 on the boards • Kentucky is shooting 32.9% (24-73) from 3-point range, compared to 31.3% (35-112) for its opponents • The Cats have owned the offensive glass. UK has racked up 71 offensive re- bounds compared with just 39 for its oppo- nents • Wallace is averaging 6.6 assists per game • Tshiebwe is averaging 8.2 free-throw attempts per game. Over the last five games, he's shooting 78.0% (32-41) from the line • The Wildcats are connecting on 46.4% from the floor, while their opponents are shooting 41.9% Cats Winners of 10 of Last 13 in SEC Play Since the losses at No. 7 Alabama and against South Carolina, Kentucky has won 10 of its last 13 conference games: • UK has played shorthanded in the last seven games, with Sahvir Wheeler missing all seven and CJ Fredrick being out for four • UK has achieved a plus-11.2 rebound- ing margin, including a total of 174-92 on the offensive boards • Oscar Tshiebwe leads the Cats with 17.0 points and 13.3 rebounds per game while totaling a team-high 20 steals • Antonio Reeves is shooting 42.9% (33- 77) from deep on his way to a 15.6 points per game average, while Jacob Topping is going for 13.0 points and 7.9 boards per contest and shoot- ing 49.6% from the field and 45.0% (9-20) from 3-point range • Cason Wal- lace is averaging 11.7 points and 4.8 assists per game and shoot- ing 90.6% (29-32) from the free-throw line S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! Kentucky is the Southeastern Conference's gold standard. Since the SEC’s incep- tion in 1932-33, the Wildcats are the most dominant team in the league, recording a 1,045- 303 mark (77.5%) in regular-season conference play. Only Alabama has won more than 800 regular-season SEC games and no other team owns a better winning percent- age. • UK has aver- aged 11.6 wins and only 3.3 losses per season in 89 sea- sons in the SEC • Kentucky has won 49 SEC regular-sea- son titles and 31 SEC Tournament champi- onships • Kentucky is 11-3 in the opening game of the SEC season under John Calipari and 13-1 in the first home league opener. UK is 69-20 all-time in SEC openers • The Wildcats have won 16 of the last 29 SEC Tournaments (the 2020 one was not played because of the COVID-19 pandemic) • UK has captured at least a share of six of the last 14 SEC regular-season champion- ships under John Calipari • UK won its 1,000th game in SEC reg- ular-season action vs. Alabama on Jan. 11, 2020. Kansas has won 1,000 conference games when combining its records in the Big 6, Big 7, Big 8 and Big 12, but no other team in the country had won 1,000 or more regular-season league games in one confer- ence alone • Six teams made the 2022 NCAA Tour- nament field with Arkansas reaching the Elite Eight • The SEC has had 27 NCAA Tourna- ment selections over the last four tourna- ments, the third most. Only the Big 10 (30) and Atlantic Coast Conference (28) have had more • The SEC went 5-6 in NCAA Tourna- ment games in 2022. SEC teams are 78-49 (61.4%) in the NCAA tourney since 2012 • The league has advanced at least one team to the Elite Eight in 10 of the last 12 tournaments and nine different SEC teams have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the last five NCAA Tournaments • Four SEC teams (No. 2 Alabama, No. 12 Tennessee No. 23 Kentucky and No. 24 Texas A&M) are ranked in the Feb. 20 Asso- ciated Press Top 25, with Missouri and Ar- kansas receiving votesMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTInside The Numbers 18 @KentuckyMBB KENTUCKY (20-10, 11-6) AT ARKANSAS (19-11, 8-9) Series Breakdown Overall - UK, 33-14 at Fayetteville - UK, 9-8 Calipari vs. UA - 13-9 Musselman vs. UK - 3-1 Current UK streak - L3 John Calipari Eric Musselman Overall Record: 830-251* Overall Record: 202-73 Record at UK: 385-111 Record at UA: 92-39 Overall Seasons: 31st Overall Seasons: 8th at Kentucky: 14th at Arkansas: 4th * on court record UK Statistic UA 74.7 Points Per Game 74.7 38.8 Rebounds PG 35.5 15.5 Assists PG 13.4 3.8 Blocks PG 5.2 6.4 Steals PG 8.4 11.5 Turnovers PG 13.0 .457 FG Pct. .480 .361 3-Pt. FG Pct. .321 .704 FT. Pct. .692 1.3 Assist-to-TO Ratio 1.0 THE MATCHUPTALE OF THE TAPE • Improve Kentucky to 317-63 against unranked foes under Calipari • Push Kentucky's record to 34-14 against the Razorbacks • Improve Calipari to 168-56 as a colle- giate coach in games played in March or April • Be the seventh win away from Rupp Arena this season A UK WIN WOULD... 49 SEC regular-season titles in program history 31 SEC Tournament championships 13.1 Tshiebwe's NCAA-best rebounds per game +8.6 Kentucky's SEC-leading rebounding margin BY THE NUMBERSNext >