Past final 4 defensive rankings
Okay so I went back and looked at kenpoms defensive rankings since 2002. Here is the final 4 teams, their defensive ranking and rather then won or were the runner up.
2002
Maryland 7 champs
Indiana 5 Runner up
Kansas 6
Oklahoma 4
2003
Kansas 3 runner up
Syracuse 14 champs
Marquette 109
Texas 58
2004
Duke 3
Oklahoma st 11
Georgia tech 4. Runnerups
Uconn 6. Champs
2005
Unc. 5. Champs
Illinois 4 runner up
Louisville 20
Mich st 28
2006
Florida 7 champs
UCLA 4 runnerups
LSU 3
George Mason 13
2007
Florida 7 champs
Ohio st 11 runner ups
Georgetown 21
UCLA 2
2008
Kansas 1 champs
Memphis 2 runner up
Unc 14
UCLA 5
2009
Mich st 9 runner up
Villanova 10
Unc 18 champs
Uconn 3
2010
Duke 5 champs
Butler 7 runner ups
West Virginia 21
Michigan st 27
2011
Uconn 15 champs
Butler 46 runner up
Vcu 78
Kentucky 16
2012
Kentucky 7 champs
Louisville 1
Ohio st 4
Kansas 3 runner up
2013
Shockers 20
Louisville 1 champs
Syracuse 6
Michigan 37 runnerups
2014
Florida 3
Uconn 10 champs
Kentucky 32 runnerups
Wisconsin 35
2015
Kentucky 1
Duke 11 champs
Wisconsin 35 runnerups
Mich st 27
2016
Villanova 5 champs
Unc 21 runnerups
Oklahoma 17
Syracuse 18
2017
Gonzaga 1 runner-up
Unc 11 champs
Oregon 17
South Carolina 3