If you missed Part 1 of this series feel free to check it out here. I would typically say going back a month to digest four week old statistics is a waste of time, but who are we kidding, we’ve watched regular season games from 20 years ago multiple times. We’re all insane.
Since the previous post on this same topic the Cards have played NC State, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, and Duke at home while traveling to Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, and Florida State. According to KenPom the average defensive efficiency of those eight teams is at 50th in the country, or about 120 spots higher than an “average” defense in all of Divison-I.