The Buckeye Battle Cry: Ohio State News and Commentary » rebounding http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com An Ohio State blog for the Buckeye fan in all of us. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:20:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Iowa post-game comment http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/iowa-post-game-comment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iowa-post-game-comment http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/iowa-post-game-comment/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:46:47 +0000 Ken http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=30643 A couple of things before we get started. I want to give a h/t to Tim, as well as Joe and Eric, who put together the post-game recaps in such short order. Nice job, guys. Next, after the Iowa game, I am so glad that I don’t have BTN on our base cable package.

I want to address a couple areas that bothered me, and seemingly others, about the win against Iowa. These are turnovers and rebounding, specifically offensive rebounding. In this article, I’m going to define certain things the way I see them. If your definitions differ, your conclusions are likely to be just as valid. Stats used in this article are from the great website – Statsheet.com.

Regarding turnovers, I consider them a lost opportunity, an empty possession. With OSU’s points-per-possession (PPP) of 1.11, each empty possession is significant, particularly in conference games. OSU had three … [Read More]

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