Fun thing that I noticed --
Big 12 Team Efficiencies
We are the red dot at the bottom-center of the chart.
Which teams are which is easy enough to guess based on the colors.
Our offense is good. Very good, actually, despite all the complaints about it. Only Kansas and Baylor, legitimate national title contenders, are better. I think we might not all appreciate how moving the three-point line has slowed college basketball down and reduced total scoring because teams are missing more three-pointers and now the defenses can pack into the lane more to protect the rim and clean up on the defensive glass.
Our defense is just straight trash, though.
This season --
Offense = #41 nationally
Defense = #139 nationally
Two years ago --
Offense = #75 nationally
Defense = #111 nationally
If we had just a passable defense, we would be on the bubble.
KU, Baylor, and WVU are so much better than the rest of the conference it is kind of comical. Even TTU is not that much better than the pack. Their defense is legitimate, but they struggle to score. We might have a chance against them at home. After that, it is kind of a mess of mediocre teams without much of a case over one another.
That is our only shot -- get hot NOW and distinguish ourselves from that scrum.