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[QUOTE="KevMonstah, post: 113696, member: 327"]
Syracuse must not work too hard on the rebounding phase of the game, or specifically expects that the physical attributes of the players can make up for this.  I don't think SU has been a dominant rebounding team except for when they had Seikaly and Coleman, and even then they could get pushed around and outrebounded by a team like Pitt, with guys who were several inches shorter, ie, "Send it in Jerome" should never have grabbed 14 rebs when matched against DC and Rony.

Other teams obviously put more emphasis on it and go hard to the boards, Syracuse doesn't.  Should a lineup of AO-RJ-Wes ever get outrebounded?  Physically, they had the tools to be a dominant rebounding team.  SU seemingly always has guys who should be great, but they never are.  I think the zone defense leaves guys a little out of position for the rebs:  the long bounces off rocks from deep bounce over the defense, and the soft bounces off the rim don't bounce to where the wings are playing.  Because the players are responsible for an area, and not a man, they don't get the opportunity to body up and box out while the shot's in the air.  A team crashing the boards hard can get inside SU's wings fairly easily on a shot, especially one from outside.

Kev
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