Quote Originally Posted by CDu View Post
I think it's fair to say that rebounding was a decided win for Clemson. They have a 24.5 OReb% on the season and got 23.3% of offensive rebound opportunities against us. We average a 37.2 OReb% on the season and got 12.5% of offensive rebounds. We are a very good rebounding team, and they are just a mediocre rebounding team overall. And yet they outrebounded us. The fact that they had 8 more rebounds than us and not vice versa is a significant part of why we lost the game. Even breaking even on the glass (which would still be underperforming compared to our season norms) puts us in position to win that game.
There were several times Duke could have gotten offensive rebounds but we were weak going after the ball. Vernon has a bad habit of going for a rebound with one hand. Which leads to the ball getting tipped and the opponent ends up with the ball.
GoDuke!