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[QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 4320265, member: 5823"]
I'm rather surprised by the separation given these two things- better rebounding and becoming top offensive team in the nation.  
Better rebounding includes offensive rebounds which are usually close to your own basket and can make many high percentage shots.  SC collected 21 Offensive rebounds in the championship  game. 
More  importantly without adequate defensive rebounds  UCONN is unable to ignite the transition game where the defense is on their heels.  It would be very helpful for UCONN to return to a top offensive team in the nation if UCONN was not going up against a set defense on the majority of the offensive possessions.      
Equating the SC rebounding advantage in the recent games to only  Boston is a little bit sketchy.   SC out rebounded UCONN in 4 of the 5 starting defensive matchups and top 2 subs in the final game so it was not just Boston .   By contrast in the FF game against Stanford UCONN was able to win 3 of the 5 starting rebounding matchups  and decisively won the first two subs matchup with Nika and Evina collecting 8 and 6 rebounds respectively.
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