Basketball contenders
Posted by cuorange on December 14, 2009
It’s real early in the college basketball season, but here’s a quick look at teams that are generating the stats to go all the way as of 12/14/2009.
Here’s the criteria to reach the final four:
1. Defensive efficiency ranking of 25 or better
2. Offensive efficiency ranking of 50 or better
3. RPI ranking of 27 or better
With those numbers in mind here are three teams that look like they are on the right path. Again – it’s early and a lot of teams are playing directional schools which is hurting their RPI. Obviously, as the season goes forward and teams start conference play RPI’s will improve and more teams will qualify.
| Team | O Efficiency | D Efficiency | RPI |
| Duke | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 21 | 6 | 4 |
| Texas | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| Syracuse | 13 | 10 | 7 |
| Kansas | 2 | 8 | 21 |
Interestingly enough, once a team reaches the final four, offensive efficiency becomes much more important.
National championship criteria:
1. Defensive efficiency ranking of 16 or better
2. Offensive efficiency ranking of 4 or better
3. RPI ranking of 16 or better
One team currently meets this criteria.
| Team | O Efficiency | D Efficiency | RPI |
| Duke | 3 | 16 | 1 |
Duke seems to always have good numbers, but not much success in the tourney recently. Again, it’s early and we’ll see how these numbers evolve as the season progresses.
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