In Reply to: UCLA vs UConn Preview posted by mh on March 21, 2026 at 11:49:42
You do such a good job on these, but I'll have to call you out on statements like this:
Our offense is better than their offense, but their defense is quite a bit better than our defense.
You base this on the Kenpom rankings of #22 vs #30 on offense. But our ORtg is 123.3 vs 122.2 for UConn. That's a difference of only one point per 100 possessions or less than one a game, not really better. The difference on defense though is 7 points per 100 possessions or about 5 points a game which is meaningful.
That's why rankings can be misleading.