This game was the perfect example of the stupidity of using tempo based stats. I heard several times about Syracuse being on pace to surpass Wisconsin's "nation leading 53 points per game defense".
The score "only" ended up being 64-63.
Yet the offensive efficiencies were a ridiculous 1.22 ppp to 1.20 ppp because the game was only 52 possessions. There were hard shots made, but also not great defense for much of the game.