SI.com has updated their college basketball power rankings today and Kentucky has dropped out of the top spot after last night’s loss to UCLA.
How far did they drop you ask?
#5.
I’m not ready to jump ship on the Wildcats after Thursday’s loss at UCLA, especially given that Tyler Ulis didn’t seem to be at full strength and Marcus Lee only played four minutes due to a head injury. But I am a bit skeptical of how far they can go in the postseason while getting so little offense from beyond the arc.
Previous John Calipari teams have gotten by without relying heavily on long-distance shooting, including his 2012 national-title team, which scored just 21.8% of its points on threes—a portion that ranked 307th nationally. But these Wildcats are taking it to the extreme, scoring just 16.5% of their points on treys, which ranks 348th out of 351. They have the least-three-dependent point distribution of any UK team in the Calipari era:
You can see the entire power rankings by clicking here.
