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[QUOTE="Jasoncuse, post: 2034169, member: 470"]
Was just perusing our defensive numbers on Kenpom and Team Rankings to see how we compare to prior years and nationally, and it's ugly (compared to our standards).

We are currently 75th in Adjusted defensive efficiency (pts per 100 possessions, adjusted for opponent), which doesn't sound terrible, but it's the lowest we've been in the 15+ years that site has operated. We've allowed 98.5 pts per 100 possessions, with our previous high being 94.1 in 2008. We've been in the top 20 in this stat for the last 7-8yrs, routinely sitting between 86 and 91 pts/100 poss.

This stat just shows how bad the D has been compared to what we are used to seeing, and how second chance points have killed us too. We're bottom 50 in defensive rebounding % and allow an Effective Possession Ratio of almost 0.96 (WVU #1 at 0.8 - they're also #1 in the stat offensively at 1.03), which measures how good a team is at getting or preventing scoring chances out of the possessions (we're in the bottom 100 nationally on D).

UNC leads the country in offensive rebounding and is top 5 in Effective Possession Ratio, which means their strength vs our weakness is going to be really, really tough to overcome tonight. The D absolutely must prevent extra possessions/shots somehow. Any recipe for a W tonight includes efficient shooting and scoring offensively and doing everything possible to keep UNC off the off. glass and prevent 2nd chance points. It seems unrealistic to expect that to happen based on what both teams have done this year, though.
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