Differential is much much more important than RPG.
Which is the better rebounding team
One that outrebounds its opponent 25-20
or the one that gets outrebounded 35-30 ?
Physical big east with lots of foul shots (?) and slow offensive sets will affect RPG
I hope next years team rebounds as well as the 10/11 team.
Achuiwa already showed he's a below average rebounder
I fear that without another Big (Chandler or Obekpa or other) we will have trouble
Interesting to see how we were ranked 288 that year and everyone complained how we were on the boards but as you correctly pointed out the rebounding difference was not that significant. Kind of goes back to another thread on Redmen where I stated how I felt rebounding wasn't an important stat and often overrated.
That being said I'd like to see Gift's number in normal minutes not the minutes he saw last year. Gift is a 15 mpg player in the BE. Lets see how he boards when he knows he doesn't have to play a whole game.