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
The following two tabs change content below.
@UofLSheriff50. Louisville native, University of Louisville Business School Grad c/o 2004. Co-Founder of TheCrunchZone.com

TCZ Comments

comments