{"id":24365,"date":"2025-06-29T11:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24365\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:26:09","slug":"sunday-headlines-kentucky-basketball-ranked-no-2-in-kenpom-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24365\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Headlines: Kentucky Basketball Ranked No. 2 in KenPom Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"9oAMjA\">Since 1997, KenPom has been providing valuable college basketball analytics data. <\/p>\n<p id=\"rEg942\">The website has gotten more popular over the years, not only for fans, but for coaches and others across the college basketball landscape. <\/p>\n<p id=\"ODLgMY\">Recently, KenPom released its program ratings from 1997-2025, and in those rankings, Kentucky comes in 2nd, only behind Duke. <\/p>\n<p id=\"EvIi18\">Kansas, North Carolina, and Arizona round out the top 5, with Florida, Michigan State, and UCLA not far behind. <\/p>\n<p id=\"WCEYoz\">Some notable other teams in the rankings: Tennessee comes in at #13, Louisville at #16 and Indiana at #17.<\/p>\n<p id=\"m1fpCc\">Texas being in the top 10 comes as a bit of a surprise also, especially being ahead of Connecticut. <\/p>\n<p id=\"qYVVMQ\">What do you think of these KenPom rankings? Who should be included that isn\u2019t? Or who is included but shouldn\u2019t be? Who should be higher or lower? <\/p>\n<p>Tweet of the Day<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kentucky and Louisville is the best rivalry in college sports<\/p>\n<p>No other fanbases will spend a whole day arguing about a player\u2019s shooting splits in arguably the most meaningless game of basketball ever played<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Sak BBN (@MattSakR2NG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattSakR2NG\/status\/1939169983201706349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 29, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"Zi6Mer\">Best rivalry. Hands down. <\/p>\n<p>Headlines<\/p>\n<p id=\"VPtK2W\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoursportsedge.com\/2025\/06\/28\/trent-noah-is-ready-to-lock-down-on-defense\/vaughts-views\/larryvaught\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trent Noah ready to lock down defensively &#8211; Vaughts Views<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"2H2HlD\">Really interested to see Trent Noah in Year 2.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6bXNq3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/jasper-johnson-team-usa-world-cup-recap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jasper Johnson, Team USA open World Cup with win over Australia &#8211; KSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"UVJieT\">The team is back in action today.<\/p>\n<p id=\"79Iz9K\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoursportsedge.com\/2025\/06\/28\/boston-likes-the-passing-ability-that-amari-williams-adds\/vaughts-views\/larryvaught\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics like passing ability of Amari Williams &#8211; Vaughts Views<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"RibkjZ\">The Celtics believe Amari has a lot of skills needed in today\u2019s NBA.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5OvGA1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45604595\/dave-parker-pirates-hall-famer-7-all-star-dies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Parker passes away &#8211; ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"OYFaDN\">Especially sad since he was going to be inducted into the HOF next month.<\/p>\n<p id=\"53RovU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25218605-lebron-james-reportedly-could-play-beyond-2025-26-has-been-weight-room-bronny\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LeBron could play beyond next season &#8211; Bleacher Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"xp7G5U\">It\u2019s no guarantee next season will be LeBron\u2019s last.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NTZ0aR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mma\/breaking-news\/live\/ufc-317-live-updates-ilia-topuria-vs-charles-oliveira-results-round-by-round-analysis-highlights-060047117.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Topuria KOs Oliveira win 2nd title &#8211; Yahoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"JWlpcm\">The fight didn\u2019t make it out of the first round.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ExfIP0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/lonzo-ball-trade-grades-cavaliers-ace-deal-for-veteran-guard-bulls-agree-to-another-questionable-player-swap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland viewed as winner in Lonzo Ball trade &#8211; CBS Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"XU2d7s\">Could be a good deal for the Cavs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"zJjHIZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/whos-on-the-hot-seat-entering-the-2025-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Which NFL coaches are on the hot seat entering 25-26 season? &#8211; NBC Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"bOmEp9\">Does Mike McDaniel have the hottest seat in the league?<\/p>\n<p id=\"wAViro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/shohei-ohtani-throws-fastest-pitch-mlb-career-third-start-2025-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ohtani throws fastest pitch of his career in third start this season &#8211; SI<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"PjmlUv\">Looks like Ohtani is doing fine returning to the mound.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since 1997, KenPom has been providing valuable college basketball analytics data. 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