< 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 League Lidlifters Kentucky owns a 69-19 all-time mark in Southeastern Conference openers, in- cluding an 11-2 mark under the direction of head coach John Calipari. UK earned an 83-56 victory over Missouri in Rupp Arena a season ago to begin the league slate. This will be the third time in the last four seasons that UK and Missouri will meet in the league lidlifter. S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! Kentucky is the Southeastern Confer- ence's gold standard. Since the SEC’s inception in 1932-33, the Wildcats are the most dominant team in the league, recording a 1,034-297 mark (77.7%) in regular-season conference play. Only Alabama has won more than 800 reg- ular-season SEC games and no other team owns a better winning percentage. • UK has averaged 11.6 wins and only 3.3 losses per season in 89 seasons in the SEC (including the current season) • Kentucky has won 49 SEC regular-sea- son titles and 31 SEC Tournament champi- onships • Kentucky is 11-2 in the opening game of the SEC season under Calipari and 11-1 in the first home league opener. UK is 69-19 all-time in SEC openers, including an 83-56 victory over Missouri a year ago in Lexing- ton • The Wildcats have won 16 of the last 29 SEC Tournaments (the 2020 one was not played because of the COVID-19 pandem- ic) • UK has captured at least a share of six of the last 13 SEC regular-season champion- ships under John Calipari • Kentucky has played in the champion- ship game of the SEC Tournament in eight of Calipari’s 11 tourneys, winning six times (2020 tournament not played because of COVID) • 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 Tournament selections over the last four tournaments, the third most. Only the Big 10 (30) and At- lantic 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 • The SEC has held its own in the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. The SEC leads 31-28 over the last six seasons in the yearly Jan- uary showdown and won outright in 2021 and '22 • Six SEC teams are ranked in the Dec. 26 Associated Press Top 25, with Missouri receiving votes Calipari Leading the Way in SEC Play John Calipari leads the way among all current SEC head coaches in 2022-23 in ca- reer wins, league victories and titles. He is also ascending the all-time charts in league history: • Calipari owns 373 victories as UK's head coach, ranking as the fourth-most wins by a coach leading an SEC program in the conference's history. Adolph Rupp (875), Billy Donovan (467) and Dale Brown (448) are the only others who have more • Calipari ranks seventh all-time in SEC regular-season wins with 173. Rupp (397) has the most. Calipari needs just six more to pass Harry Rabenhorst (178) for sixth place • Calipari is 24-5 in the SEC Tournament. His 24 victories are tied with Tubby Smith for the third-most in tournament history. Only Donovan (27) and Wimp Anderson (25) have more Calipari has won six SEC Tournament titles. Only Alabama (7) has more in program history than Calipari has won in total Wallace Named SEC Freshman of the Week Freshman Cason Wallace earned South- eastern Conference Freshman of the Week accolades after posting a career-high 27 points in Kentucky’s win over Florida A&M last Wednesday. Wallace produced a stat line of 27 points, a career-high-tying nine assists, four steals and two rebounds in the win for the Wildcats. Wallace’s honor is the first of the season for the Wildcats. Kentucky has dominated the weekly SEC awards with John Calipari at the helm. UK has won more weekly SEC honors (120) than any other school during the Calipa- ri era, including 91 SEC Freshman of the Week awards and 29 SEC Player of the Week honors.MOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTInside The Numbers 18 @KentuckyMBB KENTUCKY (8-3) AT MISSOURI (11-1) Series Breakdown Overall - UK, 14-2 at Columbia - 4-2 Calipari vs. MU - 11-4 Gates vs. UK - 0-0 Current UK streak - W1 John Calipari Dennis Gates Overall Record: 818-244* Overall Record: 61-41 Record at UK: 373-104 Record at Mizzou: 11-1 Overall Seasons: 31st Overall Seasons: 4th at Kentucky: 14th at Mizzou: 1st * on court record UK Statistic MU 78.7 Points Per Game 88.8 41.0 Rebounds PG 33.3 18.1 Assists PG 20.0 5.1 Blocks PG 3.3 8.0 Steals PG 12.8 12.3 Turnovers PG 12.7 .460 FG Pct. .513 .399 3-Pt. FG Pct. .369 .665 FT. Pct. .741 1.5 Assist-to-TO Ratio 1.6 THE MATCHUPTALE OF THE TAPE • Improve UK's record to 70-19 all-time in SEC openers • Be Kentucky's 12th in 14 SEC openers under Calipari • Be the second straight in the series • Mark the second in a row against teams ranked or receiving votes in the AP poll (Michigan) • Push Calipari to within five wins of passing Harry Rabenhors (178) for the sixth-most wins in SEC regular-season history A UK WIN WOULD... 49 SEC regular-season titles in program history 31 SEC Tournament championships 26 Straight home victories in Rupp Arena .399 SEC-best 3-point field goal percentage BY THE NUMBERSNext >