Player Stat Comparisons: Louisville vs. Kentucky

Mark BlankenbakerDecember 26, 2014

Because Kentucky plays a “Platoon System” it’s a little abnormal to look at these as player for player. And in the case of both teams, the Cards and Cats have players that can fit into multiple positions. This won’t be perfect. But it is the representation we thought would be best to use.

Point Guards

These are your likely point guard match-ups. In the case of Louisville Terry Rozier will be used at point guard at some point during the game.

	Chris Jones	Andrew Harrison		Quentin Snider	Tyler Ulis
	5-10,175 Sr.	6-6, 210, Soph		6-2, 180, Fr.	5-9, 155, Fr.
Minutes	28.3	22.6	Minutes	9.8	19.3
Points	12.3	7.7	Points	2.5	5
Field Goal %	32.00%	38.4%	Field Goal %	39.1%	48.7%
3-point %	30.80%	29.6%	3-point %	20.0%	52.6%
FT %	72.50%	77.8%	FT %	61.5%	100.0%
Rebounds	4.1	2.1	Rebounds	1.4	2.3
Assists	3.3	4.2	Assists	1.0	3.9
Steals	2.3	1.2	Steals	0.4	1.3
Blocks	0.1	0.3	Blocks	0.0	0.1
Turnovers	2.5	1.9	Turnovers	0.6	1.3
Fouls	3	1.8	Fouls	0.9	1.2

Shooting Guards

	Terry Rozier	Aaron Harrison		Anton Gill	Devin Booker
	6-1, 190, Soph	6-6, 212, Soph		6-3, 190, Soph	6-6, 206, Fr.
Minutes	30.5	23.7	Minutes	12.2	18.1
Points	16.7	10.6	Points	3.6	10.0
Field Goal %	47.7%	38.4%	Field Goal %	32.6%	48.1%
3-point %	34.1%	27.1%	3-point %	19.2%	45.8%
FT %	71.9%	68.2%	FT %	41.7%	80.00%
Rebounds	5.5	2	Rebounds	1.7	1.2
Assists	2.4	2.2	Assists	0.9	1.5
Steals	2.1	1.3	Steals	1.0	0.9
Blocks	0.3	0.1	Blocks	0.3	0.1
Turnovers	2.4	0.9	Turnovers	0.9	1.2
Fouls	1.5	1.5	Fouls	1.5	1.2

David Levitch and Dominique Hawkins often see the court, so we will list them here also.

	David Levitch	Dominique Hawkins
	6-3, 180, Soph	6-0, 195, Soph
Minutes	7.6	9.4
Points	2.5	1.3
Field Goal %	36.4%	25.0%
3-point %	44.4%	14.3%
FT %	66.7%	33.3%
Rebounds	0.4	0.9
Assists	0.4	1.0
Steals	0.5	0.1
Blocks	0.0	0.0
Turnovers	0.5	0.1
Fouls	1.0	1.0

Small Forwards

Again this isn’t perfect and it made a lot more sense before the Alex Poythress injury.

	Wayne Blackshear	Trey Lyles		Shaqquan Aaron	Derek Willis
	6-5, 215, Sr.	6-10, 235, Fr.		6-7, 170, Fr.	6-9, 216, Soph
Minutes	31.8	19.5	Minutes	5	7.4
Points	13.7	7.9	Points	0	3.1
Field Goal %	40.5%	48.6%	Field Goal %	0	429.0%
3-point %	29.6%	14.3%	3-point %	0	33.3%
FT %	74.4%	69.0%	FT %	0	100.0%
Rebounds	6.1	5.5	Rebounds	2	1.3
Assists	2.1	1.4	Assists	1	0.3
Steals	1.8	0.6	Steals	0	0.1
Blocks	0.7	0.3	Blocks	0	0.4
Turnovers	0.9	1.3	Turnovers	1	0.4
Fouls	2.3	1.7	Fouls	0	0.1

Power Forwards

	Montrezl Harrell	Willie Cauley-Stein		Anas Mahmoud	Marcus Lee
	6-8, 240, Jr.	7-0, 240, Jr.		7-0, 200, Fr.	6-9, 220, Soph
Minutes	30.3	24.1	Minutes	12.4	14
Points	16.7	10.5	Points	1.9	3.3
Field Goal %	61.0%	61.9%	Field Goal %	50.00%	58.1%
3-point %	21.1%	0.0%	3-point %	0.00%	0.0%
FT %	59.3%	61.1%	FT %	70.00%	26.7%
Rebounds	10	6.7	Rebounds	2.8	3.5
Assists	1.3	1.0	Assists	0.8	0.3
Steals	0.9	1.8	Steals	0.1	0.1
Blocks	1.1	1.8	Blocks	1.1	0.8
Turnovers	2.1	0.8	Turnovers	0.9	0.8
Fouls	2.1	1.6	Fouls	1.8	1.9

Jaylen Johnson will likely see clock here as well but the Cats don’t have a player that matches not already listed elsewhere.

	Jaylen Johnson
	6-9, 215, Fr.
Minutes	6
Points	1.8
Field Goal %	46.20%
3-point %	100.00%
FT %	33.30%
Rebounds	1.6
Assists	0
Steals	0.4
Blocks	0.1
Turnovers	0.5
Fouls	1.3

Centers

	Chinanu Onuaku	Karl Anthony-Towns		Mangok Mathiang	Dakari Johnson
	6-10, 230, Fr.	6-11, 250, Fr.		6-10, 220, Soph	7-0, 255, Soph
Minutes	16.9	18.9	Minutes	20.6	18.7
Points	4.6	8.1	Points	3.3	8.8
Field Goal %	66.7%	52.9%	Field Goal %	39.3%	60.7%
3-point %	0.0%	20.0%	3-point %	0.0%	0.0%
FT %	53.8%	73.3%	FT %	40.0%	56.7%
Rebounds	5.8	6.6	Rebounds	5.7	5.8
Assists	0.9	1.2	Assists	0.7	1.5
Steals	0.9	0.4	Steals	0.7	0.7
Blocks	2.4	2.6	Blocks	1.6	1.3
Turnovers	1.7	1.3	Turnovers	1.0	1
Fouls	2.3	2.3	Fouls	1.6	1.8