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Pac-12 Basketball: How Much Does Height Influence Rebounding?

Rebounding is an imperative key to winning in college basketball. Offensive rebounding leads to more opportunities to score, while defensive rebounding prevents the opponent from attempting more field goals - fairly straightforward.

My question is whether or not height truly matters when it comes to rebounding. As a Purdue fan, I always hear analysts preview a game by saying that the Boilermakers will win the rebounding battle (to be fair, they usually do) due to their size, as they have 6-9 Caleb Swanigan and 7-2 Isaac Haas in the frontcourt.

Is it really that simple, though? Two of the tallest players in college basketball the last half-decade are UCF’s Tacko Fall (7-6) and UC Irvine’s Mamadou N’diaye (also 7-6).