I coach D1 Notre Dame and I really like my team this year in terms of SPD/ATH/DEF.

That being said, I'm woefully deficient in REB for my bigs. My starting PF is an SF with 68 REB and my starting C is only a 69 Reb.

How do I compensate for bad rebounding bigs? I run motion on man to man.

slowdown tempo more often?

-2 defenses more often?

Thanks.

My team:

www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx

I have the same problem. My teams tend to be weak rebounding teams. I've never played d1, but I tend to think if you can maximize other areas to make up for the deficiency, you can still win. I've been out rebounded badly in games against superior opponents and still won because my team was strong defensively and could put the ball in the basket. I suppose it's an oversimplification but if your team can turn over the other team enough, and make shots more than miss them, plus hit free throws, I think rebounding disadvantages are mitigated.

jck45, I do think you'll have to play a lot of -1 and -2 defenses. But one thing you've got going for you is your team can get some rebounding from other spots, esp Collier (4 rpg last yr). I don't know how often you'd want to roll with Balsamo-Kibby-Folsom in the frountcourt together, but that could help you get rebs from the 3 spot as well.

slowdown

Dont let them tell you that size doesnt matter.

Posted by bhansalid00 on 6/8/2014 7:16:00 PM (view original):
jck45, I do think you'll have to play a lot of -1 and -2 defenses. But one thing you've got going for you is your team can get some rebounding from other spots, esp Collier (4 rpg last yr). I don't know how often you'd want to roll with Balsamo-Kibby-Folsom in the frountcourt together, but that could help you get rebs from the 3 spot as well.

Collier has good rebounding for a PG but he's my starting SF… 

I had a similar problem last year, compounded by the fact that I run the zone. I tried to play as much of a minus as I could, if the other team didn't shoot a lot of three's I would be at least a minus 2, if they really pounded the paint anyway I'd dip it even farther. Of course fouling was another problem, which made my rebounding even worse because part of the problem was my lack of rebounding depth. However if your team is really superior in Ath/Sp/Def than you may be able to get away with playing a bigger minus than I was able to.
All the extra shots I gave up really killed me so I would also just be wise with your distribution so you're scoring efficiently, and do your best to improve your teams ability to not turn the ball over, even if it means playing guys who have better ball handling and passing if you have to sacrifice some other ratings (obviously in moderation).

Your team is also stacked on defense, if you can find some consistent offense and consistently hold your opponents to under 40% shooting, A lot of wins could gravitate your way just by the way of the game.

I built my D2 team to have alot of offensive threats where anyone can go for 10+ and then stacked defense. I try to hold all teams under 40% and makes sure my offense is rolling. Really hard to win when you cant score.

Honestly, I think fastbreak/FCP would work the best. If the other team turns it over, they can't get an offensive rebound without a shot. If you beat the other team down the other end of the floor on a fast break, it will be tougher for the other team to get the rebound, at least that's the way it should be.