College basketball · Team · 2023-24

Kentucky

SEC
AP No. 9
23–10
Rated 27th of 362

Top-10 offense, 124th-ranked defense

Above average at both ends — 6th in adjusted offense and 124th in adjusted defense of 362 Division I teams in 2023-24.

+20.1Net rating21st of 362

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2023-24 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:47 AM ET

Ratings · 2023-24

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O122.76th of 362 · 2nd of 14 in the SEC
ADJ D102.7124th of 362 · 10th of 14 in the SEC
TEMPO72.513th of 362 · 1st of 14 in the SEC
WIN PROB88.6%27th of 362 · 5th of 14 in the SEC
WAB+2.819th of 362 · 5th of 14 in the SEC

The four factors

Their strongest factor is eFG% — 57.2, 4th of 362.

Effective field goal rateOffense 4th, defense 123rd of 362
57.249.6
Turnover rateOffense 23rd, defense 256th of 362
14.215.9
Offensive rebound rateOffense 170th, defense 229th of 362
28.930.3
Free-throw rateOffense 246th, defense 204th of 362
30.433.5

Each bar is the team’s place among all 362 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2023-24

Who carries it

Antonio Reeves plays the most — 77.8% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Antonio ReevesWing G · 6-6 · 20.2 points a game in 33 games

77.8

23.6

126.5

+6.2

—

Reed SheppardScoring PG · 6-3 · 12.5 points a game in 33 games

71.5

18.7

127.6

+10.9

—

Tre MitchellStretch 4 · 6-9 · 10.7 points a game in 27 games

61.1

17.6

118.1

+3.5

—

D.J. WagnerScoring PG · 6-4 · 9.9 points a game in 29 games

56.1

21.0

104.0

−1.2

—

Rob DillinghamScoring PG · 6-3 · 15.2 points a game in 32 games

55.7

29.9

116.1

+5.6

—

Justin EdwardsWing F · 6-8 · 8.8 points a game in 32 games

51.5

18.0

117.2

+1.6

—

Adou ThieroPF/C · 6-8 · Played 39% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

39.9

—

Ugonna OnyensoC · 7-0 · Played 33% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

33.5

—

Aaron BradshawC · 7-1 · Played 26% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

26.9

—

Zvonimir IvisicC · 7-2 · Played 13% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

13.2

—

Brennan CanadaPF/C · 6-5 · Played 5 of the 10 games a rating needs

0.4

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a player to open his college file.

Results · 2023-24

Every final

Won 23 of 33 finals by an average margin of +9.3 a game.

23–10 · SEC 13–6 · home 14–4 · away 7–3 · neutral 2–3

DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

MARGIN

Mar 21

vs Oaklandneutral floor · No. 14 seed · postseason

L 76–80

−4

Mar 15

vs Texas A&Mneutral floor · conference

L 87–97

−10

Mar 9

at Tennesseeaway · No. 4 · conference

W 85–81

Mar 7

vs Vanderbilthome · conference

W 93–77

+16

Mar 2

vs Arkansashome · conference

W 111–102

Feb 28

at Mississippi St.away · conference

W 91–89

Feb 24

vs Alabamahome · No. 13 · conference

W 117–95

+22

Feb 22

at LSUaway · conference

L 74–75

−1

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

Opened at No. 16, peaked at No. 6 and closed at No. 9 — ranked in all 32 regular-season games.

Higher on the line is a better rank; a gap is a game they entered unranked.

2025-26Opened at No. 9, peaked at No. 9 and closed unranked — ranked in 10 of 34 regular-season games.
2024-25Opened at No. 23, peaked at No. 4 and closed at No. 15 — ranked in all 33 regular-season games.

The coach · 2023-24

How he wants to play

John Calipari

Head coach · year 15 at Kentucky · 855–263 career

TEMPO72.5Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE—Share of his team’s shots taken from three

No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2023-24 season.

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