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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 198706, member: 214"]
I decided to take a look at how the compare position by position, rather than just by rank order.  For those purposes, I used CJ as the starting big forward for Syracuse, rather than Rak, since he plays starter minutes.
 
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Syracuse has a big advantage among the guards - cumulative 15.44 among the three rotation guards in each lineup.
 
Kentucky has a similarly big advantage in the frontcourt, cumulatively 18.78 and 19.1 when you just take the 4 and 5. 
 
Then, Syracuse has another huge advantage off the bench, with a cumulative 18.82 margin.  If they ever played, however, barring foul trouble, Southerland for Syracuse and Wiltjer and Vargas for UK would not get many minutes (last night, for example, they played 4 and 2 minutes respectively).
 
Taken altogether, UK starters are up 9.58 on the SU starters.  Taking the top 8 rotation players, SU has the advantage of 9.24.  If you just take the top 6, who would likely get the bulk of the minutes in any real matchup, the advantage is UK + 3.34.
 
In a real game, I think UK would dominate on the glass.  SU's chances would come down to our guards' ability to get turnovers and runouts and to extend out on Lamb & Miller to minimize their 3 point threat.
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