The House of Blue

this team is horrible rebounding team.

Nerlens at this point is decent rebounder, not a strong one. I would have to say out of the past 4 years, he is the weakest. COusin, Jorts, Davis are all better.

Wiltjer at this point is poor rebounder. Pat, Jones * 2 are all noticeably better.

Poythress at this point is a decent rebounder. Better than Miller, but noticeably worse than MKG.

We should have no lost in rebounding match to Maryland. We should have destroyed rebounding against Duke. Against Lafayette it should have been never ending rebounding for us.

I agree with wildmoon. This team is not working on the boards. In my opinion, it is more than a matter of size, it is a matter of desire and effort.

Through 3 games, this team is getting 30.5% of the available offensive rebounds. The national average for several years has been 33% At the defensive end, this team is getting 60.3% of available rebounds, and the national average has been 67%.

Last year's team averaged 37.9% offensive and 68.7% defensive.

In 2011, the averages were 34.3% and 69.3%
In 2010, the averages were 41.0% and 68.0%

In short, a strong rebounding team will get more than 2 out of 3 missed shots by their opponents, and get more than 1 out of three of their own misses. This team is not doing either.

I think the biggest problem with our rebounding is just what Cal has discussed ... the tendency of multiple players to all go for the block at the same time that results in 2 or 3 guys out of position for the rebound. And this is something that Cal will clean up. We've seen multiple examples of Noel, WCS and Poythress all going for the block on the same shot attempt leaving a couple out of position instead of letting Noel go for the block and then WCS and Poythress blocking out for the rebound.