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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 4086701, member: 237"]
Here is the thing and I think we are evaluating from different altitudes here. Can't compare FSU and Nova. FSU is bigger and has athletes but also slower. That was to our benefit significantly. Nova is like Houston out there. A bunch of 6-7 to 6-8 stronger forwards who are great athletes. That has been where we get boat raced on the boards the past few years.

If you walked into the Nova game thinking we are anything but minus 12 to 15 on the boards then you are way too pollyannish on this team. This team because of its flaws has to play through the reality of being beaten on the boards in many games. So with that said you look to efficiency, making shots and not turning it over.

I'm not saying that the rebounds didn't matter- they just weren't some kind of anomaly. It was absolutely what you would expect especially with so many missed shots by Nova which was a credit to improved defense - albeit also a gambit knowing this would make us even more vulnerable on the boards given how aggressive the rotations were in both the 1-3-1 and 2-3.

So with that I'm looking at the surface level here and it's really a small number of possessions that dictated the game within the game. If we want to offset that rebound margin we need Benny. He is the only forward who can be a difference maker with his athleticism. He isn't there yet so we are what we are on the boards and we were just a few shots, fts and turnovers from still winning that game.
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