Virginia Texas Tech National Championship Playbook

Hey Coach, While the “uninitiated masses” watched last season’s NCAA championship game from the usual “who won-who lost” perspective, we coaches see it from an entirely unique angle. We see the play calls… Understand the defenses… Analyze the situational play… An “insider’s view” for sure. But in this particular game, there was one thing that was blatantly obvious to viewers at nearly every level. Defense won that title! You didn’t have to be a tactical guru to see that. I mean, we all knew Bennett v Beard was going to be a good one…but the defensive dominance was front and center. Consider these stats from KenPom.com: 70% of teams that have reached the Final Four in the past 10 years finished the season ranked in the top 20 in defense. 75% of teams that reached the title game during that stretch and every national champion since at least 2002 were in the top 20. Last season, national runner-up Texas Tech had the No. 1 defense. National champion Virginia was No. 5.So, what was the nex