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[QUOTE="cuseincincy, post: 200840, member: 331"]
I don't want to discount the problems SU is having rebounding this season but I think the media experts are overplaying it a little. The primary benefit of getting a rebound is to possess the basketball so that you can have an attempt to score. Last night SU was outrebounded by 9. That should translate into 9 more opportunites for USF to score. Yet somehow SU was able to take 3 more shots than USF (and 19 more free throws which is at least 9 possesions). We all know why, its the steals, blocked shots and other turnovers SU causes. And by the way excels at and did again last night.
Do I wish SU had better rebounding #'s? sure. But everyone knows a zone is hard to rebound out of defensively, but also because of the zone our opponents tend to take more long shots than usual which result in many long rebounds and we've seen a ton of those this year. Bottom line, as long as SU continues to play tough defense and force steals and blocks the rebounding numbers will have less of an impact.
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