Originally Posted by John C.
Every team is deficient in something. Look at St. Louis. They are amazing at rebounding but can't throw the ball in the ocean. Heck, it is hard to find just a player that can shoot and rebound.
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UD currently #203 in rebounds per game (35.08/game, 842 total). That sounds bad.
UNC is #1 (43.38/game, 1041 total)
SLU is #17 (40.00/game, 960 total)
Flip the coin.
UD is #1 in FG% (52.3%)
UNC is #306 (41.0%)
SLU is #182 (43.7%)
UD has missed 653 shots and grabbed 196 offensive rebounds (30%)
UNC has 894 and 340 (38%)
SLU has 804 and 320 (39.8%)
So SLU has 118 more rebounds than UD, but has had 151 more opportunities on the offensive end alone. UNC leads UD by 199 rebounds with a whopping 241 more missed shots.
Nearly 33% of SLU's rebounds come from missed shots while UD only grabs roughly 23%. This doesn't account for the number of opportunities on missed free throws where SLU has missed a mind boggling 231 times (UD-119, UNC-159).
I believe that UD would be a better rebounding team if they didn't think that every shot was going in the basket (which it does better than everyone else). If you look at what percentage of total rebounds are defensive, UD comes in at 77% compared to 67% for SLU and UNC.
It's easy for individuals to practice shooting. It's hard to practice rebounding. Shoot. Shoot. Shoot. Ultimately, the winner of the game is determined by who scores the most points.
Footnote: SLU and UNC both have better rebound margins than UD, but UD gives up 3 fewer rebounds per game than either of them.