Defense
Grade: A+
This team is so gritty, they are almost a throwback to 90’s basketball without the short shorts and elbows being thrown on every lay-up. Everyone on this team plays sound, technical defense and it allows for them to trust people to guard one-on-one and avoid losing a man on a double team.
They struggled mightily against the size of Purdue which may be an issue down the road but the effort they play with will make up for that disadvantage at times. They held opponents in the tourney to 40.7% from the field and 22.3% from three, that defense will create some March Madness.