The Tampa Bay Buccaneers proved defense wins championships in football this season in their 31-9 demolition of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. However, that cliché hasn’t quite held up in Big 12 play this college basketball season despite TCU head basketball coach Jamie Dixon’s emphasis on that side of the ball.
The evidence shows that it’s actually offense, not defense, which is the leading indicator for success in the Big 12 this season. The Big 12’s points per game leaderboard more closely resembles the on-court results in the Big 12 than the Big 12’s points per game allowed leaderboard.