{"id":71114,"date":"2023-03-09T20:43:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/?p=71114"},"modified":"2023-03-09T20:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:43:20","slug":"can-kentucky-win-the-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/03\/09\/can-kentucky-win-the-national-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Kentucky Win the National Championship?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a 71-68 defeat to South Carolina on Jan. 10, the Wildcats were 10-6 overall and 1-3 in the SEC. The preseason No. 4 team looked lost. Kentucky immediately responded with a triumph over then-No. 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dC4aMBxhdPY&amp;ab_channel=MatthewLovesBall\">Tennessee<\/a>, and weeks later it\u2019s now an outside pick to win the national championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kentucky picked up victories against Tennessee again, Arkansas, Texas A&amp;M, Auburn, and Mississippi State between then and now, fully turning its season around for a third-place finish in the SEC. This is John Calipari\u2019s 14th season at the helm, and Lexington is getting antsy for another Final Four and the national championship \u2013 it\u2019s been 11 and eight years since each, respectively, an eternity to Big Blue Nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last National Championship:<\/strong> 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last Final Four:<\/strong> 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2023 Title Odds: <\/strong>+4500 (as of March 8, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Kentucky Will Make a Run<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oscar Tshiebwe is a wrecking ball. He\u2019s not just averaging a double-double, he\u2019s doing so comfortably. With 16.4 points per game and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/stats\/basketball-men\/d1\/current\/individual\/137\"> an NCAA-leading<\/a> 13.1 rebounds per night, Tshiebwe has stacked up 18 double-doubles leading into the SEC Tournament,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/stats\/basketball-men\/d1\/current\/individual\/556\"> good for fifth-most in Division I<\/a>. The senior is a scoring menace in the paint, but his rebounding might be even more valuable. Kentucky is one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the nation, and it\u2019s largely because Tshiebwe hauls in more than five offensive boards per contest. You can\u2019t stop the 6-foot-9, 260-pounder, you can only hope to contain him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most career points by a Kentucky transfer: <br><br>1. Kyle Macy: 1,411<br>2. Oscar Tshiebwe: 1,065<br>3. Bob Burrow: 1,023<br>4. Travis Ford: 961<br>5. Heshimu Evans: 777<br>6. Patrick Sparks: 714<br>7. Derek Anderson: 674<br>8. Jacob Toppin: 671<br>9. Shelby Linville: 615<br>10. Dale Brown: 565<\/p>&mdash; TheCatsPause247 (@TheCatsPause247) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCatsPause247\/status\/1633216546695675906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a good shooting team. The Wildcats are<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/conferences\/statistics\/team\/_\/id\/23\/stat\/field-goals\"> third in the SEC<\/a> in field-goal percentage (46 percent) and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/conferences\/statistics\/team\/_\/id\/23\/stat\/3-points\"> second in the conference<\/a> in three-point percentage (35.9 percent). Granted, Kentucky doesn\u2019t attempt many triples, but when it does, it reaps rewards at a decent rate. Good shooting is essential to any deep tournament run, and if Kentucky can maintain consistency in that department, it could be in a position to win the national championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Kentucky Will Exit Early<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wildcats aren\u2019t great from the free-throw line. As a team, it shoots 70.8 percent from the line, an improvement from early on in the season but still nothing to get excited about. Only two members of the team\u2019s rotation shoot 80 percent or better from the charity stripe, and players like Jacob Toppin and Sahvir Wheeler have really struggled from the line at times. Kentucky\u2019s questionable free-throw shooting could make it more difficult to protect leads late in games, plus impact its ability to score easy points when other things aren\u2019t clicking on offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kentucky does well from deep, but it barely shoots from beyond the arc. Right now, the Wildcats are 326th nationally in triples attempted per game (17.8). Calipari teams traditionally shun the three-point line more than most, but with a respectable stable of shooters available, the Wildcats are throwing away potential points by insisting on shooting from two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What It\u2019ll Take to Win<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ideally, Kentucky sees as many small teams that are vulnerable to offensive rebounding explosions as possible. Those matchups would let Tshiebwe feast in all aspects of the game, so long as it doesn\u2019t come at the expense of the contest\u2019s pace. The Wildcats prefer a slower tempo, and a quicker game would make it more difficult to utilize Tshiebwe to his fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tg8szXtVMtU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Tshiebwe is a behemoth down low, Kentucky as a whole isn\u2019t an outstanding defensive team. The Wildcats don\u2019t force very many turnovers, so teams can get up a decent number of shots against them if they want. To win the national championship, Kentucky will have to put the clamps down harder and find ways to turn over its opponents, or someone will eventually punish the Wildcats for their passive ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a rocky start to the season, Kentucky seems to be playing its best basketball as of late. 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