Offensive rating (points per 100 possessions)

Minnesota 102.8

Connecticut 102.3

Defensive rating

Minnesota 94.8

Connecticut 94.1

Net rating

Minnesota 8.0

Connecticut 8.1

ANALYSIS

Connecticut is the better rebounding team, but Minnesota shares and shoots the ball at a higher clip. The pacing numbers between the two squads are strikingly similar. Perhaps that’s why each of their three regular-season meetings went down to the wire.