SI’s Molly Geary runs down the top teams and points out their Achilles’ heels.
Free throws, outside shooting and...well, here’s what she says in her own words: “Gonzaga was able to win because it held Duke to 44.1% shooting inside the arc, the only time through 10 games that the Blue Devils failed to hit at least 55% of their twos … and by limiting Duke’s looks on the perimeter, where it attempted a season-low 13 threes. (O.K., and the Zags shot 52% from the floor themselves.) Simple, right?”
Well clearly it can be done but it may not be easy to repeat.