In football ... sure. That's where that saying originated..Defense wins championships.
In basketball elite offense wins chips, both in NCAA and NBA and that has been proven without a single bit of doubt.
Teams have to be good defensively but ... they have to be elite offensively. Basically a majority of champions... a vast majority .. were 3% offense, 10% defense.
30 sec shot clock era ..
Uconn 1/4
Uconn 3/7
Kansas 6/17
Baylor 2/22 (pre tourney it was in the 40s)
Virginia 2/5
Villanova 1/11
UNC 9/11
Villanova 3/5
Duke 3/11
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