We often hear the rhetoric about whether a coach is an offensive guru or a defensive specialist, and we usually accept that basketball analysis at face value. But what do the numbers say about how well a coach’s team performs in a certain aspect of the game?
ESPN’s John Gasaway sat down to evaluate the top performance in the country over the last five years based simply on the amount of points scored or points allowed. Teams were ranked based on their league average in conference play in a given characteristic, either offense or defense.
Gasaway ranked all of the coaches based on their top category, allowing them only one entry on the list.