Just one note. Clemson also displays the weird offensive/defensive rebounding splits I was talking about earlier. I've often thought that Clemson is a very similar team to us. They aren't as tall, but they are long and athletic. Their potential is not as high, but they've reached more of it. They don't have as dynamic a scorer as we do in Toney Douglas, but they spread points around their lineup better, and crash the offensive boards like fiends. Their offensive efficiency has an abnormally high correlation with their offensive rebounding percentage. They serve as an optimistic model for Life After Douglas.
But why are they a poor defensive rebounding team? Well, they aren't actually that tall for one, but Trevor Booker is a solid offensive rebounder (265th) and an outstanding defensive one (81st). The culprit appears to be my favorite player on their team, Raymond Sykes. Mostly playing forward, he's the nation's 39th best offensive rebounder, but is outside the top 500 defensively. Actually, he collects defensive rebounds at a worse rate than he does offensive rebounds, which is extremely unusual.
I'm not saying that watching Clemson can solve our problems, but pay attention to what's happening in the paint the next time you happen to see them play.
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