8: National championships, second only to UCLA's 11.
Chart: Kentucky basketball by the numbers
March 15, 2015 at 1:17AM
5: Coaches to win national titles (Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Rick Pitino, Tubby Smith, John Calipari), an NCAA record.
2,171: Victories all-time entering the SEC tournament, the most in Division I history.
3: Final Four appearances in John Calipari's five seasons.
19: Players selected in the NBA draft in Calipari's tenure, including 15 in the first round.
0: Losses during the regular season, making Kentucky the first team from a Power Five conference to enter the postseason undefeated since the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers.
21.2: Average margin of victory during the regular season, best in Division I.
35.1: Field-goal percentage defense, best mark nationally and just shy of Stanford's record of 35.2 percent in the shot-clock era.
11.2: Aaron Harrison's scoring average during regular season, which led the team and served as the lowest scoring average for a Kentucky team since the 1946-47 season.
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