{"id":24646,"date":"2025-06-29T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24646\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T13:58:08","slug":"sunday-headlines-kentucky-basketball-ranked-no-2-in-kenpom-era-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24646\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Headlines: Kentucky Basketball Ranked No. 2 in KenPom Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1997, KenPom has been providing valuable college basketball analytics data.<\/p>\n<p>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>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Recently, KenPom released its program ratings from 1997-2025, and in those rankings, Kentucky comes in 2nd, only behind Duke.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas, North Carolina, and Arizona round out the top 5, with Florida, Michigan State, and UCLA not far behind.<\/p>\n<p>Some notable other teams in the rankings: Tennessee comes in at #13, Louisville at #16 and Indiana at #17.<\/p>\n<p>Texas being in the top 10 comes as a bit of a surprise also, especially being ahead of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these KenPom rankings? 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