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[QUOTE="JordyG, post: 4516027, member: 6819"]
Yes well....  UT has been for many years a poor shooting team.  Chuck it up and get the put back.  Last year for example the rebounds were 38 apiece.  UT had slightly more offensive rebounds, yet shot a putrid 17-59.  This year 26-66.  So UConn's defense was better against UT last year, and so was UConn's rebounding.

The difference this year was UT's defense was shoddier, and UConn shot incredibly at all levels, so yes, better shooting means less defensive rebounds for the opposing team.  Every time.  It's a guarantee that if UConn shot worse, like the 44.8% they had last year, UT would have had more than 3 more defensive rebounds.  Better, if UConn had missed more shots, as in shooting the 44.8% they had last year, the net result would have been a loss; for UConn.

Last year Geno mainly played 6 players, with Dorka getting 13 minutes while scoring 2 points with 4 rebounds.  This year he played 5.  Yet UConn was out rebounded by 11.  Last year Geno used virtually no subs as well, yet was more effective on the boards.  Three more defensive rebounds by UConn doesn't, in my book, constitute any sort of domination.
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