Each nationwide champion besides one since 2001 has entered the NCAA Match within the top-21 in adjusted offensive effectivity and the top-44 in adjusted defensive effectivity, per KenPom. The lone exception was UConn in 2014 after they ranked nineteenth in protection and 57th in offense.
This season, there are 12 colleges with that statistical profile:
• No. 1 Florida
• No. 1 Auburn
• No. 1 Duke
• No. 1 Houston
• No. 2 Alabama
• No. 2 Tennessee
• No. 3 Texas Tech
• No. 3 Wisconsin
• No. 3 Iowa State
• No. 4 Arizona
• No. 6 Illinois
• No. 8 Gonzaga
Three of the top-12 general seeds did not make the checklist: No. 2 Michigan State, No. 2. St. John’s and No. 3 Kentucky.
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