Which Conference Got on the Offensive Glass: ACC vs. Pac-10

Offensive rebounds are one of the best things for getting more productivity out of your offense. When you’re shooting at a clip of about 40% per night, which should be a reasonable figure for a team on any given night, getting another shot at a score will increase your chance of scoring double time, so you’re effectively now shooting at 80% on a given possession down the floor. Using the stats at BasketballProspectus.com we can see the average offensive rebounding percentage by a conference. We used the ACC and the Pac-10 to demonstrate.

Offensive Rebounding Percentage

ACC - 35.5
Pac-10 -  33.5
The data seems to indicate that, after adding up all the O-rebounding percentages in these two conferences and then dividing them by the number fo teams, that the ACC was two percentage points better on the offensive glass versus the Pac-10. While that might not seem like much, the difference between these two teams in that area, if they were composite conference teams, would mean the difference between a national ranking of roughly 80 for the ACC, and roughly 150 for the Pac-10. Two extra possessions can go a long way.

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