If so, it means bad news for Alabama. And while it's more fun than than it is predetermined destiny type stuff, it's still a neat trend (trends in this case) to look at. These are often talked about, so this isn't breaking news or anything I just dug up.... they get brought up year after year. Let's start with the KenPom trend that since 2002, every national champion has finished the season ranked in the Top 40 in KenPom Adjusted Offense and also Top 25 in KenPom Adjusted Defense. There were 9 teams that met that criteria heading into the tournament... Just 2 remain standing of the 4 teams left.
Houston
Creighton
UConn
Marquette
Purdue
Tennessee
auburn
North Carolina
Arizona
Now, my favorite, and more weird trend... Since 2004, every national champion has been ranked in the Top 12 of the Week 6 AP Basketball Poll. Those teams from this season...
1.Arizona
2.Kansas
3. Purdue
4.Houston
5. UConn
6.Baylor
7.Marquette
8.Creighton
9.North Carolina
10.Gonzaga
11.Oklahoma
12.Tennessee
Same 2 teams... But here's to Alabama crashing the party and breaking the annual trends...
Creighton
UConn
Purdue
auburn
North Carolina
Arizona
Now, my favorite, and more weird trend... Since 2004, every national champion has been ranked in the Top 12 of the Week 6 AP Basketball Poll. Those teams from this season...
1.
2.
3. Purdue
4.
5. UConn
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Same 2 teams... But here's to Alabama crashing the party and breaking the annual trends...