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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 4319342, member: 5823"] I think both you and [USER=1673]@diggerfoot[/USER] are taking that statement ( rebounding wins championships) far too literally. There is literally only one statistic that determines a champion and that is points not rebounding. Winning the rebounding battle does not guarantee that you win a championship in the NCAA nor the NBA nor the WNBA. UCONN won the rebounding margin @SC in 2020 and got blown out. UCONN lost the rebounding by 13 [USER=2012]@Uconn[/USER] in 2021 and won in OT. Rebounding ([B]by itself[/B]) is not determinative of outcome of a game. However, a team (any team not just UCONN) simply cannot continue to operate at such big deficits in the rebounding margin ( as UCONN did in two games against SC this season) because this places significant pressure on playing the others aspects of your game well in order to win or even compete. In the 2004 finals TN out rebounded UCONN 40 to 22. Hopefully this was the finals game [USER=1673]@diggerfoot[/USER] mentioned in the context of UCONN would have 1 less championship. How was UCONN able to win that championship? UCONN won by shooting 51%, 48% from deep and 82% from the free throw line resulting in a 5 point UCONN victory. Contrast this with the FF game one year prior when the teams played. TN won the rebounding margin 48 to 44. Despite UCONN shooting 45%, 41% from deep and 68% FT this game was a blowout and UCONN was able to hound TN into 31% shooting for the game although TN did collect 20 offensive rebounds. Regarding Golden State the current team is currently a top 8 rebounding team in the league right behind the Miami Heat ( Pat Riley is the GM). Steve Kerr played for Phil Jackson and Greg Popovich so I'm fairly certain he does subscribe to that mantra. Incidentally Golden State might have two more championships as the were soundly out rebounded by Cleveland and Toronto in recent losses in the finals. Rebounding is a skill so I'm not sure what you mean when you say"[I] I wonder if some posters think the game is all about "Rebounding" and they don’t really understand or embrace the importance of "Skill. [/I]" I'm also slightly confused by the "balance" you are describing. Ice Brady and Ayanna Patterson are going to help UCONN enormously with rebounding as will a healthy Dorka and AE. Geno would not have called them immediately after the game if he didn't know they could provide the help his team needs. [/QUOTE]

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