12 Colleges Enter NCAA Match With Historic Statistical Profile Of Eventual Champion

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 once 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 listing: No. 2 Michigan State, No. 2. St. John’s and No. 3 Kentucky. 

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