The rebounding issues seem very recent to me, not something that's lingered all season.
We've been doing a better job rotating on defense recently as well. I wonder if, like playing zone, if a defense that rotates so often like that makes it tougher to defend your own glass. Like a catch 22 where as we do a better job rotating to help off the ball, we inherently weaken our ability to find a man and box out.
Probably just a lack of consistent effort until the ball is secured the last few games, but maybe there is something a bit deeper.
I rewatched the NW and MSU games during the snow out and it seemed like an inordinate amount of long rebounds were the problem against Northwestern. In that case it is more a problem of the guards not reacting to the ball. Against Michigan State it was the big men getting out rebounded. Michigan State just seemed more physical and frankly, Md did not match the energy level of Costello late in the game.
Sometimes the ball does not bounce your way and I felt like that was part of it against NW. Against Michigan State, they just got whipped.
