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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 4540477, member: 199"] tOSU and Maryland are also in the < 50 differential category at 45 and 48 respectively. I don't think this is that unusual - high scoring usually equates to a fast offense and lots of possessions for both teams and low scoring usually means slow games with many fewer possessions. A team that averages 80 points a games usually average about 70 points for their opponents so their defense will be considered 'poor' when ranked against all those slow offensive teams that like to keep games closer to 50 points and even if they lose a lot will tend to lose to a team scoring an average around 60. Only truly dominant teams will end up with both a highly ranked offense and a highly ranked defense, unless their schedule is really unbalanced. 21 teams have had a scoring differential of 30.0 or better in the NCAA era. Uconn has had the 7 top differentials and 12 of the 21. Baylor and LaTech have had three each, and Old Dominion, Long Beach State and TN complete the group. During the same time, Uconn has had the best offense in 7 years and the best defense in six years. They achieved both in only 3 years 2002, 2015, and 2016. [/QUOTE]