🏀 Mr. Michael Wendel was so upset with the Tide's loss to Missouri, he purchased these billboards in Tuscaloosa.
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He's a rich dude who has a daughter at Alabama. He's a Villanova alum/fan, who has apparently adopted the Tide as well...
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Born and raised in the New York City area, Michael Wendel graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University in 1984 and received a commission via the ROTC Program as a Naval Officer.
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No wonder he has bball passion...
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That knows his basketball. He ain't wrong!!!!
. I notices Oats was enjoying this in his coaches show. Things like this can be good PR if used right (recruiting, retaining good coaches because of fan interest).
...building fund, which he did.
I see what he is saying about rebounding. Bama has had TWO games where the high rebounder was in double digits. TWO!? 
And those were against Jacksonville State and Furman.
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And those were against Jacksonville State and Furman.
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I'm not discounting the importance of rebounding but I am questioning this line you've drawn: double digit rebounds for an individual player.
32 conferences, 350 teams, which means over 1000 scholarshipped players. How many of them average double digit rebounds in a game? I'd have to look but I'm willing to bet is less than 5%, likely more like 2-2.5% of players average those numbers. How many ranked teams have a guy with those numbers (double digits?) One? Two?
The Tide has been pretty consistent in having five or six guys who have at least four rebounds a night. The two games you've mentioned had a high number of rebound opportunities which is a caveat in and of itself.
Personally, I like seeing that many guys with around five a piece versus two guys having 2/3rds of the boards.
In reading your post and the question about ranked teams with guys in double digits, one team flashed in my mind. Iowa. If Iowa has guys in double digits then all of them should because white guys can't jump. Right? I had no idea before I looked and TBH I thought it would prove you correct. I was shocked when I found that Iowa has had FOURTEEN games in which their high rebounder was in double digits.
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Then I checked Mr. Wendel's Villanova, and although they have had eleven games cancelled or postponed they still had 6 games with the high rebounder in double digits.
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The key word missed here is "averaging" double digit rebounds. It looks good to have a guy in double digits on the board. It doesn't look as good, at least to me, as seeing five to seven guys with four to six a piece. It's an easy distinction to me. One big hitting the boards a lot versus a team hitting the board collectively.
Let's look at it another way for a second. We'll assume we're looking at a team who has a guy averaging 25 points per game playing a team where four guys are averaging 12. Which do you prefer to have as an opponent?
In my view, in both cases, I'm taking the 25 PPG team as well as the team that has a guy averaging 10+ on the board. Shut down one versus shutting down five.
As one more example: A couple of weeks ago I watched Wisconsin vs Penn State. One of the Badgers "bigs" had nine boards that night (I believe it was nine give or take a board) in their win. This weekend, he didn't get a rebound (neither did their other big) in their loss to Michigan. UM blocked out their frontcourt which is a hell of a lot easier to block out one, or two, than five.
The key word missed here is "averaging" double digit rebounds. It looks good to have a guy in double digits on the board. It doesn't look as good, at least to me, as seeing five to seven guys with four to six a piece. It's an easy distinction to me. One big hitting the boards a lot versus a team hitting the board collectively.
Let's look at it another way for a second. We'll assume we're looking at a team who has a guy averaging 25 points per game playing a team where four guys are averaging 12. Which do you prefer to have as an opponent?
In my view, in both cases, I'm taking the 25 PPG team as well as the team that has a guy averaging 10+ on the board. Shut down one versus shutting down five.
As one more example: A couple of weeks ago I watched Wisconsin vs Penn State. One of the Badgers "bigs" had nine boards that night (I believe it was nine give or take a board) in their win. This weekend, he didn't get a rebound (neither did their other big) in their loss to Michigan. UM blocked out their frontcourt which is a hell of a lot easier to block out one, or two, than five.
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