According to SI.com’s Luke Winn, no Final Four team in the previous seven years has finished outside the top 50 in adjusted offensive efficiency, and -- more importantly -- outside the top 30 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
Virginia Commonwealth ranked 59th in pre-tournament offensive efficiency, according to kenpom’s rankings -- and 143rd in defensive efficiency, allowing an adjusted 1.008 points per possession.
The Rams held Kansas to 0.88 points per possession on Sunday – 25 percent below the KU's season average.
VCU's Tournament Run Defies Seven-Year Trend Of Defensive Efficiency