Defense...Defense...MWC defensive stats all Aztecs

[AztecBill]

Data taken from the MWC site. It is MWC games only.

Team	OFGM	OFGA	OFG%	O3FGM	OPFF	OTO	OO Reb	EFG% Def	OPoss	Def Eff
SDSU	215	564	38.1%	42	472	104	99	41.84%	569	0.830
BYU	239	585	40.9%	62	540	139	111	46.15%	613	0.881
UNLV	221	525	42.1%	64	506	146	100	48.19%	571	0.886
UNM	212	474	44.7%	61	485	122	72	51.16%	524	0.926
CSU	213	484	44.0%	55	481	110	79	49.69%	515	0.934
Utah	266	617	43.1%	62	594	82	113	48.14%	586	1.014
AFA	241	533	45.2%	87	569	110	103	53.38%	540	1.054
Wyo	262	560	46.8%	95	619	123	104	55.27%	579	1.069
TCU	276	548	50.4%	63	615	114	92	56.11%	570	1.079

OFGM	Opp. Field Goals Made
OFGA	Opp. Field Goals Attempted
OFG%	Opp. Field Goal Percentage
O3FGM	Opp. 3 point field goals
OPFF	Opp. Points from the Floor (OFGM * 2 + O3PM)
OTO	Opponents Turnovers
OO Reb	Opponents Offensive Rebounds
EFG% Def	Opp. Effective Field Goal Percentage (OPFF / OFGA
OPoss	Opp. Possessions (OFGA + OTO - OO Reb)
Def Eff	Defensive Efficiency (OPFF / OPoss)

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Aztecs dominate defense in the MWC. The difference between the #1 points allowed team and the #2 points allowed team is bigger than the #2 versus the #9. That is dominance.

[azdick]

Thanks Bill. This is signature of a team detined to go deep into the Big Dance. Defense wins championships.

[fmichigan]

That's what Fisher is all about. Defense wins games.

[AztecBill]

I find the difference between New Mexico and Utah interesting.

Utah has a much better effective field goal percentage - 48.14% to 51.16%. But Utah has a much worse defensive efficiency. This is because Utah is last in creating turnovers and last in defensive rebounding, while New Mexico has allowed the fewest opponents offensive rebounds and is also good at creating turnovers. Overall Utah allows 31 (113-82) "extra" possessions and New Mexico allows 50 (122-72) "Less" possessions. That is a difference of 81 possessions. That overrides Utah's better EFG% and makes New Mexico the better defensive team as shown in their Def Eff.

[sandiegoeric]

NNNNNEEEEEEERRRRRRDDDSSS!.

Just kidding, this is all greek to me.