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SI.com has UK’s new ranking and Skal’s statistical comparison to former UK bigs

Luke Winn of SportsIllustrated.com does a solid job with his weekly College Basketball Power Rankings. This week, he ranks Kentucky at No. 6 on his list, trailing Michigan State, North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma and Maryland, respectively.

But it’s Winn’s analysis of Kentucky’s ranking that caught my attention this week. He pointed out that Isaiah Briscoe is second on the team in defensive-rebound percentage, which is good for this team because Skal Labissiere is toward the bottom in rebounding in the John Calipari era.

Winn used a chart to show Labissiere is the lightest-rebounding freshman big Cal has had at Kentucky.