Amelia blog: Why are the Gophers so good at O-rebounding but terrible at D-rebounding

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Gophers help on D at the basket a lot which brings the help defender out of rebounding position.
 

Seems strange that getting 2 out of every 3 defensive rebounds is "terrible".
 

I've always wondered why we weren't a better defensive rebounding team. It has to be a mindset thing. I'm not sure what else would explain it. I'm not saying that the players are being lazy on the defensive glass, but maybe their thinking "Oh, Trevor's got that one" or "Rodney'll get that" instead of "I'm grabbing this board". In order to get rebounds on the offensive end you have to have the mindset of "I'm grabbing this board".
 

It's probably a combination of things expressed in the article.

I'm honestly not too worried about it. Two of the top three defensive rebounding percentage teams in the B1G right now are Penn St. and Nebraska. Also, we still out rebound our opponents by over 11 per game, second in the league.

Here's a potentially stupid question. Are there rebounds off of blocked shots? Meaning, if we block a shot and the opponent recovers the ball after the block, does that count as an offensive rebound?
 


GophersInIowa said:
It's probably a combination of things expressed in the article.

I'm honestly not too worried about it. Two of the top three defensive rebounding percentage teams in the B1G right now are Penn St. and Nebraska. Also, we still out rebound our opponents by over 11 per game, second in the league.

Here's a potentially stupid question. Are there rebounds off of blocked shots? Meaning, if we block a shot and the opponent recovers the ball after the block, does that count as an offensive rebound?
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According to ESPN.com game play-by-play, that is true. Also, if a blocked shot is blocked out of bounds, ESPN calls it a team rebound for the offense.
 

Plus, if you have 2 or 3 guys going for the block, which we do in many cases, that usually leaves those guys out of position to block out their guy for a defensive rebound.
 

We use an undersized but athletic lineup

MisterGopher said:
Plus, if you have 2 or 3 guys going for the block, which we do in many cases, that usually leaves those guys out of position to block out their guy for a defensive rebound.
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With our undersized, especially wieght wise, lineup that is athletic, no one should be suprised that we a great offensive rebouding team but an average defensive rebounding team. We tend to front post players, we got for blocks more than most teams, and we force lots of outside shots which bounce further from the rim.
 




O-rebounding is all about effort and positioning for a singular player. I feel D rebounding is more of a team effort (everyone holding their box out assignments). Maybe it's as simple as that. But giving up O rebounds and second chance points can put you in the hole quickly and be demoralizing, especially after long possessions.
 


brucekaupa said:
...or do they?

http://courtvisionanalytics.com/where-do-rebounds-go/
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from the link:

"3. There is a direct relationship between shot distance and rebound distance. The longer the shot attempt, the further away from the rim the rebound is likely to occur. The corresponds with the idea that 3-point shots often result in “long rebounds”."

so... yes, march madness was correct would be your answer? Cool link.
 

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