NIT 2012 Bracket: Washington's Offense Won't Be Stopped En Route to Championship

The Washington Huskies are a very, very good offensive team, and those who have fallen prey to them thus far in the NIT can attest to that.

The Huskies dropped 82 points on Texas-Arlington, 76 points on Northwestern and held off a fellow offensive juggernaut in conference foe Oregon, beating the Ducks 90-86.

And there's only one team left in the tournament that can hang with U-Dub's offense. If you don't believe me, let's throw a little chart up here to back up my claim with the remaining teams in the NIT (and add some rebounding numbers while we're at it).

Team	Points Per Game	Rebounds Per Game
Washington	75.2	40.3
Stanford	70.5	37.0
Nevada	70.7	37.1
UMass	76.8	39.3
Minnesota	67.4	34.8
Middle Tennessee	71.9	34.9

UMass has been impressive in an incredibly tough draw to advance through the tournament, upsetting Mississippi State, Seton Hall and Drexel. They are dangerous right now and seem destined to meet Washington in the NIT final.

But UMass doesn't have the star power that the Huskies boast. Guards Tony Wroten (16.2 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 3.8 APG) and Terrence Ross (16.3 PPG, 6.4 RPG) are first-round NBA prospects and have each been on a tear in the NIT.

Ross has been a terror in the NIT, scoring 79 points in three games, while Wroten has been more subdued as a scorer but has 17 assists and 16 rebounds to go along with 33 total points.

Oh, and Washington was a huge NCAA tournament snub, becoming the first team to win a power-six conference regular-season title and not be selected for the tournament. Sure, the Pac-12 was down this year, but it's still an accomplishment to go 14-4 against conference competition, which the Huskies did.

So to summarize: high-octane offense, legitimate star power and oodles of motivation.

Yeah, the Huskies are set to earn themselves some NIT glory.

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