This is a very specific stat but it definitely applies to tonight’s game against Georgia. There have been 15 times in the Calipari tenure where his teams have beaten an SEC opponent on the road and then had a 2nd game in Rupp Arena that same season. Fifteen times where teams had a chance to get some revenge on the Cats on their home floor. And in those 15 occurrences:
2010
FLORIDA: Game 1 – Win by 12, Game 2 – Win by 8
2011
SOUTH CAROLINA: Game 1 – Win by 9, Game 2 – Win by 31
2012
TENNESSEE: Game 1 – Win by 3, Game 2 – Win by 25
GEORGIA: Game 1 – Win by 13, Game 2 – Win by 30
VANDERBILT: Game 1 – Win by 6, Game 2 – Win by 9
2013
VANDERBILT: Game 1 – Win by 2, Game 2 – Win by 4
AUBURN: Game 1 – Win by 22, Game 2 – Win by 10
2015
ALABAMA: Game 1 – Win by 22, Game 2 – Win by 15
SOUTH CAROLINA: Game 1 – Win by 15, Game 2 – Win by 34
FLORIDA: Game 1 – Win by 7, Game 2 – Win by 17
2016
ALABAMA: Game 1 – Win by 16, Game 2 – Win by 25
2017
VANDERBILT: Game 1 – Win by 6, Game 2 – Win by 6
2018
VANDERBILT: Game 1 – Win by 7, Game 2 – Win by 2
2019
AUBURN: Game 1 – Win by 2, Game 2 – Win by 27
FLORIDA: Game 1 – Win by 11, Game 2 – Win by 9
UK is 15-0 in rematch games at Rupp Arena when UK has won the 1st meeting.