Ok I'm sure people are getting sick of answering questions about rebounding, but I'm just looking for some advice. I've read here that it's not as important as it used to be, but I feel like my guys should be more competitive in this area.
I recognize that on paper I don't have a great rebounding team (D3), although I think i have above average athleticism at the big positions, and I have played most every game at a -2ish which I expected to help.
The ath/reb of guys in my sf/pf/c rotation are as follows:
SF: 41/40, 29/26, 46/42, 25/54
PF: 52/50, 66/50, 25/54, 40/40
C: 66/50, 52/50, 25/54, 46/42
Alas I have been outrebounded 45-40, 33-27, 35-23, 38-37, and 51-21. Obviously the differential in some of those games is not very big, but I expected to heavily outrebound a few of those teams and I am concerned that this could end up costing me games against lowly sim ai teams that I should be beating. I also realize that other guys can rebound the ball besides 3,4, and 5 but it seems my bigs are getting matched or outperformed by guys who generally are of lesser ability. My first instinct was that maybe my guys were getting tired, but there hasn't been a huge discrepency between the first half and second half numbers.....
For comparison, the ath/reb of the starters of the teams that outrebounded me
Castleton (their starters had 26 rebounds in 63 mins, my starters 17 rebounds in 61 mins)
SF: 24/36
PF: 42/49
C: 35/34
Southern Maine (them: 11 in 72, us 11 in 74)
SF: 43/34
PF: 19/15
C: 66/28
U. New England (them 6 rebounds in 56 minutes, us 7 rebounds in 74 minutes)
SF: 54/26
PF: 18/45
C: 56/40
Cortland (them 18 in 58, us 16 in 74)
SF: 28/27
PF: 41/55
C: 28/44
St.Thomas---this one I wasn't so surprised about...their guys are just a lot better.
Thoughts? Ideas? Are my expectations unrealistic?