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[QUOTE="M2MPrinciples, post: 4976167, member: 928"]
I don't think enough people understand that you have to put rebounding numbers in their proper context; Assuming teams of similar size and depth, a M2M style, and without a strong inclination one way or the other towards sending everyone to the glass vs. keeping guys back to limit transition chances, rebounding 30% of your misses and 72% of your opponents' are decent benchmarks to aim for.

Those percentages matter much more than the raw totals in determining whether or not you had a good night on the glass. But then you have to further adjust for our lack of size and depth, so those benchmarks should come down a little bit.

In the win over UNC, we rebounded 14% of our misses and 60% of UNC's. But that 60% number was better than the first meeting (55%) - And that was when Benny and Naheem were still available. So all things considered, Tuesday was about as good a night on the glass as we can hope for. Expecting us to outrebound anyone is a fool's errand, IMO.
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