MU puts together top 5 DEFENSIVE effort, allowing only 63 points on 74 trips to beat Louisville

I was bit stunned before writing the previous post to see that Marquette had actually played better defense than offense this year (by a hair) based on the ultimate measure - how many points per trip down the court do you allow? (see www.kenpom.com).Well, the come from behind win against Louisville was even better defense, as MU allowed only 63 points on 74 trips down the court to - IRONICALLY - win by a reversal of the two numbers, 74-63. Only four defenses in the country are allowing fewer points per trip than the defensive performance MU allowed today:table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}RnkDefensePts/Trip 1Ohio St0.793 2Wisconsin0.813 3Kansas0.823 4Flo State0.848 5MU (today only)0.851Admittedly Louisville is an average offense without injured Kyle Kuric, but ...