I am sure we all remember how confident Buffalo was before playing us, or how much the media discounted our chances to stop Gonzaga’s offense. In both cases, the facts demonstrated Texas Tech has the best defense in the nation, yet both times teams felt like they could easily exploit it.
Buffalo came in averaging 80 points a game, and had the 10th fastest tempo in the country. Their transition game was supposed to be too much for Tech to handle.
Gonzaga was the number one adjusted offense (88.8 Points per game!), and had two high NBA draft picks running the show.