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Message: [QUOTE="mauconnfan, post: 2979719, member: 489"] You know the "stronger and tougher" thing is only partially correct. Not one of the UConn players couldn't compete with that front court of USF's, no mater what their size is now, if they knew how to play basketball. The small details of being "tougher" by being smarter, more proactive would be plenty to outplay that mediocre front court. No doubt "tougher" is a need but even a thin guy like Polley could compete if he took the fundamental approach to rebounding but none of them do. Hit first, read shots, guess where the carom is going just plain hit someone in the right spot and they need to foul you to beat you to the ball and get you out of the way. Like Brimah none have hands ready enough, none hit while the shooter is preparing instead wait until it's on the way (if the box out at all) and by then the other teams big has outfoxed you. Don't get me wrong we need bigger, stronger kids but let's not believe this is the only reason they get out rebounded because it's not. What we do know is they don't understand the necessities to be a good rebounder, the need to be proactive in getting position especially seeing you aren't strong enough to rebound when you don't have the initial position. Basically, we have a really bad rebounding team because they don't want to be good rebounders or they just don't care enough to put in the time. [/QUOTE]