In order for a collegiate basketball team to be National Championship-worthy, a number of things have to go their way, barring the intangibles. A great place to start is always the two basic blunt stats in basketball. Are you scoring enough? Are you not allowing too many points? Finding the fine line between an elite offense and a stifling defense will more often than not put you in a good spot to contend for a championship.
“Do we need to be really good defensively? And the answer is, we must, because offensively, I could see us, you know, going through phases where we labor, so we've got to be better defensively.