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[QUOTE="mikekan14, post: 568265, member: 1619"]
We have a lot of problems but we don't talk about rebounding much. We give up way too many offensive rebounds. We directly lost to Nova because we couldn't grab a defensive rebound at the end of the game, which ultimately led to the game tying 3. As a zone team, we've come to accept that the zone will give up long rebounds but we're very bad on the defensive glass. BMK catching balls with his forearms doesn't help. Yet surprisingly, we're a good offensive rebounding team.
 
Nationally, we're #302 in offensive rebounds allowed per game. In the Big East, we're #13 (of 15) in defensive reounding percentage at 0.634. That means for every opponent missed shot, we'll come down with the rebound 63.4% of the time. Cincy, the leader, pulls down defensive rebounds 71% of the time. We give up a lot of second chance opportunities.
 
[url]http://www.bigeast.org/portals/5/fls/19400/stats/mbasketball/2012-2013/CONFONLY.HTM[/url]
 
[url]http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/stat/opponent-offensive-rebounds-per-game[/url]
 
I wish there was a stat for rebounding probability per missed field goal attempt. That would eliminate instances when a team is shooting really well (less rebounding opportunities) or shooting really poorly (more rebounding opportunities) because I'm pretty sure these stats are based on ratios of total rebounding counts. It'd also be nice to see the historical Syracuse rebounding stats.
 
Needless to say, we don't have Rick Jackson on the team anymore
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