< 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 S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! Kentucky is the Southeastern Confer- ence's gold standard. Since the SEC’s incep- tion in 1932-33, the Wildcats are the most dominant team in the league, recording a 1,034-298 mark (77.6%) in regular-season conference play. Only Alabama has won more than 800 regular-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 11-3 in the opening game of the SEC season under John Calipari and 11-1 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 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 • Five SEC teams are ranked in the Jan. 2 Associated Press Top 25, with LSU, Mis- sissippi State and Kentucky 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 374 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 pro- gram history than Calipari has won in total Streaking at Home With a victory over Ole Miss in the home finale, Kentucky notched a perfect 18-0 record in Rupp Arena for 2021-22. With its win over Louisville, Kentucky extended its home winning streak to 27 games. That mark is the longest current home winning streak in the Southeastern Conference. • 2021-22 was the 14th perfect season in the 46-year history of Rupp Arena • 2021-22 marked the sixth time under Calipari the Cats were perfect at home. Calipari's teams were also spotless in 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2015-16 • UK is 641-77 (89.2%) in Rupp Arena in program history • The Cats are 214-17 (92.5%) under Calipari • Calipari owns the venue's longest winning streak at 54 games • With the win over Louisville, the Cats and Calipari tied for the fifth-longest win- ning streak in the building at 27 gamesMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTInside The Numbers 18 @KentuckyMBB LSU (12-1, 1-0) AT KENTUCKY (9-4, 0-1) Series Breakdown Overall - UK, 91-28 at Lexington - UK, 46-6 Calipari vs. LSU - 14-4 McMahon vs. UK - 0-0 Current UK streak - W1 John Calipari Matt McMahon Overall Record: 819-245* Overall Record: 168-68 Record at UK: 374-105 Record at LSU: 12-1 Overall Seasons: 31st Overall Seasons: 8th at Kentucky: 14th at LSU: 1st * on court record UK Statistic LSU 79.0 Points Per Game 72.0 40.1 Rebounds PG 35.5 17.8 Assists PG 13.8 4.5 Blocks PG 3.1 7.7 Steals PG 8.5 12.4 Turnovers PG 12.7 .470 FG Pct. .458 .390 3-Pt. FG Pct. .350 .659 FT. Pct. .689 1.4 Assist-to-TO Ratio 1.1 THE MATCHUPTALE OF THE TAPE • Improve UK's record to 92-28 against LSU and 47-6 against the Tigers in games played in Lexington • Bring John Calipari to within five wins of passing Harry Rabenhorst (178) for the sixth-most SEC regular-season wins in league history • Increase UK's home win streak to 28 games, to become the fifth-longest streak in Rupp history A UK WIN WOULD... 49 SEC regular-season titles in program history 31 SEC Tournament championships 27 Straight home victories in Rupp Arena 13.6 Nation-leading rebounds per game by Tshiebwe BY THE NUMBERSNext >