Sure you can. UNCheat has done it recently. They’re always soft on defense. Villanova won with offense primarily. Don’t get me wrong. You can’t be a terrible or even bad defensive team and win it all, but in today’s game you have to be able to shoot from the perimeter and score in general. The year Virginia was the overall # 1 seed they were a great defensive team. All it got them was a beatdown by a 16 seed. They came back the next year and won it all because they were much better offensively. Great defense obviously makes it easier, but you‘ve got to be able to score. Our constant scoring droughts have gotten us beat in our last few tournaments with the exception of 2017 when we were a very good offensive team.you still can’t win 6 games in the tournament without a stifling defense.
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