Saw this Article linked from a BON post this morning discussing Texas' win over UNC. I think one of the most interesting aspects of this article is in regards to the rebounding effort.
It is not a good guage of Texas' rebounding domination to simply look at total rebounds or rebound margin, rather you should look at offensive and defensive rebound percentage. Otherwise, the raw numbers don't take into account the number of opportunities for rebounds (missed fg attempts: UNC - 39, UT - 51, missed free throws in play?), which is ultimately affected by attempts (UNC - 75, UT - 87) and shooting percentage (UNC - 48%, UT - 41%). These stats really show how dominant Texas was against a supposedly great front court.
Defensive rebounds - Texas' percentage of rebounds on UNC's missed shots was 72% (good, but nothing earth shattering).
Offensive rebounds - Texas' percentage of rebounds on Texas's own missed shots was 51% (that's insane!).
See Rebounding Margin Must Die for more explanation.
It is not a good guage of Texas' rebounding domination to simply look at total rebounds or rebound margin, rather you should look at offensive and defensive rebound percentage. Otherwise, the raw numbers don't take into account the number of opportunities for rebounds (missed fg attempts: UNC - 39, UT - 51, missed free throws in play?), which is ultimately affected by attempts (UNC - 75, UT - 87) and shooting percentage (UNC - 48%, UT - 41%). These stats really show how dominant Texas was against a supposedly great front court.
Defensive rebounds - Texas' percentage of rebounds on UNC's missed shots was 72% (good, but nothing earth shattering).
Offensive rebounds - Texas' percentage of rebounds on Texas's own missed shots was 51% (that's insane!).
See Rebounding Margin Must Die for more explanation.
