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Message: [QUOTE="fomalhaut, post: 5162773, member: 9423"] Comparing each team's offensive rebounding percentage (or defensive, which amounts to the same thing) is indeed the correct way of assessing rebounding. Total rebounds is misleading for another reason: it counts deadball rebounds. Marquette outrebounded Connecticut 41-33, but 8 of the 41 were deadball rebounds, compared to only 1 for Connecticut, so the margin was much closer, 33-32. On the other hand, Connecticut usually outshoots its opponents, and defensive rebounding is around 65-70%, so they should have an advantage of a couple of rebounds per game even assuming equal ability/effort. [/QUOTE]