Offensive Rebounding in the Pac-10

Are you a fan of Pac-10 basketball? Well, you’re going to have to wait a while for play to resume, but until then you can pour through all of last year’s stats in an effort to find out what your particular team has to work on in the coming offseason to get to the top of the standings. Today we’re looking at offensive rebounding stats as a determinant of defensive rebounding in the Pac-10, via KenPom.com. Basically, this statistic gauges how well a team keeps their opponent from grabbing an offensive rebound. Why don’t you just determine which team grabs the most defensive rebounds or the most rebounds overall?  Well, offensive rebounds are actually very important to creating scoring opportunities on offense, so consequently not allowing opponents to grab offensive boards is just as important to playing good defense.  See how the stats line up fairly well:

Defending the Offensive Rebound

  1. Washington State
  2. Arizona State
  3. Washington
  4. UCLA
  5. USC
  6. Cal
  7. Stanford
  8. Oregon State
  9. Arizona
  10. Oregon

Overall Defensive Efficiency

  1. Washington State
  2. Washington
  3. USC
  4. Arizona St.
  5. UCLA
  6. Stanford
  7. Cal
  8. Oregon State
  9. Arizona
  10. Oregon

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