Yesterday in an article Joel talked about Xavier’s slumping defense and how that may not be as big a worry come tournament time as we might think. This topic piqued my interest and got me wondering what the characteristics of a final four team are pre-tournament and post tournament. A little bit of Kenpom data dumping later, and I present to you the Kenpom ratings of all Final 4 teams over the past 10 years pre and post tourney. Note that pre-tournament data is after conference tournaments, but prior to any NCAA tournament games. All data is from Kenpom, and further clarification of the stats can be found here: http://kenpom.
Analyzing Kenpom data for Final 4 Teams. Is XU good enough to make a run?
