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re: SEC Basketball Programs ranked by all time win pct. & all time wins through 2017
Posted on 3/8/17 at 9:21 am to Hawgeye
Posted on 3/8/17 at 9:21 am to Hawgeye
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Not really.
Kentucky is way out ahead in #1
Arkansas is way out ahead in #2. The limit in years hurts the #'s for Arkansas. Arkansas still has not lost 1,000 games and probably will not for another 5-10 years. Depending on the health of the program.
While total wins is close with Alabama and Missouri, the total losses are not.
Losses
Arkansas: 924
Alabama: 1,012
Missouri: 1,133
This is what makes the gap wider than what the percentage shows. A gap that likely will never close that much.
Two programs in the league have yet to reach 1,000 losses
1. Kentucky: 687 losses
2. Arkansas: 924 losses
You can say all that and that's fine, but the fact is UK's win percentage is 12.3% better than Arkansas' win percentage. Arkansas' win percentage is 12.4% better than 13th place Georgia. So the gap in win percentage between 1 and 2 is basically the same as 2 and 13. Kentucky is way out in front in every metric.
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Posted on 3/8/17 at 9:34 am to bigpapamac
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You can say all that and that's fine, but the fact is UK's win percentage is 12.3% better than Arkansas' win percentage. Arkansas' win percentage is 12.4% better than 13th place Georgia. So the gap in win percentage between 1 and 2 is basically the same as 2 and 13. Kentucky is way out in front in every metric.
No, I understand the point. Yes, Kentucky has a very large gap between #2 Arkansas.
My point was that because of the low number of total games Arkansas has played the gap would continue to widen as the years go on if Arkansas continues at its 18 win per season average, as it has averaged over the course of its history.
I was simply explaining how total years of the program hurt Arkansas in that regard.
Arkansas was 63.7% prior to the 2016 season. Simply going 16-16 and 23-8 the last two years has nudged the program to 64%. The needle will move greater for Arkansas than it will for the other programs.
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