The score of every NCAA tournament game starts 0-0, regardless of how much the team that advanced sweated to get to the next round.
Loyola of Chicago, which won its first three games by a total of four points, is at no disadvantage because of that, and Villanova, the most dominant tournament team so far, doesn’t get y points for that.
A look at the average points and points allowed in the first four rounds of the NCAA tournament:
| School | Avg. Pts. | Avg. Pts. allowed |
Victory margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova | 82.3 | 64 | 18.3 |
| Michigan | 70.5 | 59 | 11.5 |
| Kansas | 81 | 74 | 7 |
| Loyola Chicago |
68.5 | 63.5 | 5 |
Here’s how Kenpom.com ranks the Final Four teams in key categories:
| School | Kenpom.com ranking |
Offensive efficiency |
Defensive efficiency |
3-point pct./ranking |
3-point D pct./ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova | 1 | 1 | 13 | .400 (15) | .322 (29) |
| Michigan | 7 | 31 | 4 | .361 (106) | .334 (87) |
| Kansas | 8 | 5 | 42 | .403 (9) | .327 (41) |
| Loyola Chicago |
30 | 60 | 18 | .402 (30) | .322 (30) |
