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Message: [QUOTE="NYCorange, post: 1927656, member: 4918"] We'll almost always be toward the bottom of tempo. If we're not, it's probably a bad sign. Tempo is not solely a measure of how much you run, but of how many possessions your average game has. Thus, it also takes into account how quickly your opponent shoots. There's a very strong correlation between having a good defense and forcing your opponent to take a long time to find a good look. The top 5 defenses in his rankings last year were Wichita State, Louisville, Kansas, San Diego State, and Villanova. Their respective tempos were 301, 296, 146, 313, and 267. At least 3 of those teams (Louisville, Kansas, and Villanova) are associated with uptempo basketball, but they all had moderately to extremely slow "tempo" in his ratings. tl;dr we may run more, but our tempo will still hopefully be low as a result of an elite defense. [/QUOTE]