Contenders begin to shake out

We've ratcheted up (or down) the criteria to only include teams with an RPI of 16 or less, as 95% of the teams to make the final four in the last 5 years have met this threshold. Through games of February 11 these teams currently meet criteria for Final Four:

Team	Def Eff Rank	Off Eff Rank	RPI Rank
Connecticut	5	5	3
North Carolina	21	1	5
Missouri	18	8	16
Michigan State	20	15	7

Why not the 3 below? All three of these teams have the offensive capability to win the national championship. However, Pittsburgh's defensive efficiency of 29 doesn't meet the criteria, nor does UCLA's defensive efficiency ranking or RPI. Oklahoma is the furthest away with a defensive efficiency of 52.

Team	Def Eff Rank	Off Eff Rank	RPI Rank
Pittsburgh	29	2	1
UCLA	26	3	26
Oklahoma	52	4	2