It all comes down to this.
All season, I’ve been checking in weekly on the college basketball landscape as to who fits the historical parameters of a National Champion. For most of the year, the same several teams, including UConn and Purdue, have had the elite balance that is needed to win a title.
Using KenPom’s database, these were two of the many teams that have flirted with being inside the top 20 in both adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency, the same as all but two of the National Championship teams since 2002.
With only four teams left, we have limited teams to go off of, with only two of the three buckets I set applicable to the teams.