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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5318223, member: 405"]
Yes, we're a much better rebounding team this year, mostly on the defensive end.  Our offensive rebounding has historically usually been better than this.

How that figures into these advanced metrics, I can't say.  Every statistician has a methodology, and they weight different things differently.  Stats can only tell you so much.  That's why there is such a thing as talent evaluators.

Being around coaches and people who do this for a living, you learn things if you just listen.  And then watch what they suggest you look for - and then suddenly you see what they are looking at.  That counts at least as much as the stats.

Just look at baseball.  Advanced stats have turned the game into home run derby.  Baseball sucks now, mostly because people don't really understand how to play the game.  If you don't have a lineup full of home run hitters, how do you win in today's game?  Stealing bases, the hit & run, moving up a runner, sacrifice bunts, sac flies.  All of these elements of the game are like lost knowledge from an ancient time.

Advanced stats in basketball have turned the game into either 3 point shooting or dunking.  So much of the game is taken away by advanced metrics.
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