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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 5303096, member: 591"] The anecdote is actually that offense sells tickets, defense wins games and rebounding wins championships. This is very true for some teams - especially those that rely for a portion of their offense on putbacks. Historically, UConn teams are almost always near the top of both offensive and defensive rankings. I'm not sure that there is an actual argument. Really good defense gives you a fighting chance against almost any opponent. Even one with good offense. Teams with good offense can generally overwhelm a team that lacks a good defense. I really think that - since most of the teams analyzed were enormously better than most of their opponents during the season they made the final four - analysis of their season's offense and defense numbers is suggestive but probably hard to really specifically quantify. [/QUOTE]