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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4607554, member: 1969"]
All this talk about whether Texas is good offensively or defensively.   They are actually very well balanced on both end

There are only 4 teams in the country that are top 20 in offence and defensive efficiency per KP this year
Houston 11, 4
Alabama 19, 3
Texas 18, 11
UConn 6, 18

Sets up a prelude to my other observation:
There are actually more highly imbalanced teams this year than normal - especially offensively.

Some really good offensive teams that are brutal defensively per KP
Gonzaga #1, #75
Baylor # 2 Off /105 Def
Iowa #3. #167
Missouri #10, #179
Miami #12, #133

Last year amonst the top 12 offences, only one was sub 100 in defence, and that was Davidson.

Sort of feel that 4 of the above teams can pull of some upsets of higher seeds -- I have noted a trend for a while that offensive centric teams tend to do better than defensive centric teams in the tourney.   (except for Iowa on the list above)

Some of the highly "Defensive Centric" teams this year are Tennessee and Iowa St... some times this teams figure it out, but they tend to struggle in the tourney in general.
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