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almaman

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You just have to love sportswriters. Andrew Beaton (I didn't make that name up) offered this incredible insight in the Wall Street Journal yesterday: "North Carolina, its Final Four opponent, overcomes defensive deficiencies by trying to outscore all of its opponents."

It is not just a stupid take--it is a completely wrong take. Yea, North Carolina has the most efficient offense in the country and play at a reasonably high tempo but they are also very good at defense (21st in Pomeroy's efficiency ratings). I was looking yesterday because Caputo was in charge of Miami's defense which was also A+ excellent but masked somewhat by playing at high tempo against a lot of good offenses.

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