Kentucky Men's And Women's Basketball: On Top Of The SEC Basketball World

With every SEC team just past the halfway mark in their conference schedules, I decided to combine both the mens' and womens' basketball records to see who really leads the SEC standings. And here's what I found:

SEC Record

Kentucky: 15-3 (.833)
Tennessee: 14-3 (.824)
Vanderbilt: 12-6 (.667)
Florida: 12-7 (.632)
Mississippi: 11-8 (.579)
Mississippi State: 10-9 (.526)
South Carolina: 10-9 (.526)
Georgia: 8-11 (.421)
Arkansas: 6-12 (.333)
Auburn: 5-14 (.263)
Alabama: 5-15 (.250)
Louisiana State: 4-15 (.211)

Overall Record

Kentucky: 42-4 (.913)
Tennessee: 38-6 (.864)
Vanderbilt: 34-11 (.756)
Mississippi: 32-14 (.696)
Mississippi State: 31-16 (.660)
Florida: 30-16 (.652)
Georgia: 29-16 (.644)
South Carolina: 26-19 (.578)
Louisiana State: 24-21 (.533)
Alabama: 23-24 (.489)
Auburn: 23-24 (.489)
Arkansas: 21-25 (.457)

Non-Conference Record

Kentucky: 27-1 (.964)
Tennessee: 24-3 (.889)
Vanderbilt: 22-5 (.815)
Georgia: 21-5 (.808)
Mississippi: 21-6 (.778)
Louisiana State: 20-6 (.769)
Mississippi State: 21-7 (.750)
Alabama: 18-9 (.667)
Florida: 18-9 (.667)
Auburn: 18-10 (.643)
South Carolina: 16-10 (.615)
Arkansas: 15-13 (.536)

Home Record

Kentucky: 29-0 (1.000)
Tennessee: 23-1 (.958)
Vanderbilt: 21-2 (.913)
Mississippi State: 21-4 (.840)
Mississippi: 19-4 (.826)
Georgia: 22-5 (.815)
South Carolina: 17-4 (.810)
Florida: 19-7 (.731)
Louisiana State: 18-10 (.643)
Alabama: 17-10 (.630)
Auburn: 15-9 (.625)
Arkansas: 15-13 (.536)

Road/Neutral Record

Kentucky: 13-4 (.765)
Tennessee: 15-5 (.750)
Vanderbilt: 13-9 (.591)
South Carolina: 9-15 (.375)
Mississippi: 13-10 (.565)
Florida: 11-9 (.550)
Mississippi State: 10-12 (.455)
Georgia: 7-11 (.389)
Louisiana State: 6-11 (.353)
Auburn: 8-15 (.348)
Arkansas: 6-12 (.333)
Alabama: 6-14 (.300)

So, as you can see, UK is leading the standings any way you slice it when you combine both the men's and women's team. How often has that happened this late in the season? Everybody sees and wants to know how the men's team is doing, but the women's team is a great team this year as well, being ranked for the 1st time in 3 seasons. Hopefully both teams can finish their seasons strong so we can stay atop the SEC basketball world.

Just an added extra, here are the most combined wins by both the UK men's and women's basketball team in a single season:

1979-1980: 53-11 (.828)
1977-1978: 53-14 (.791)
1985-1986: 50-15 (.769)
1998-1999: 49-20 (.710)
1992-1993: 48-14 (.774)
1997-1998: 48-19 (.716)
1980-1981: 47-12 (.797)
1982-1983: 46-13 (.780)
1981-1982: 46-16 (.742)
2004-2005: 46-22 (.676)