Exactly my point Philly - rebounding is not our "culture" or "philosohpy" as I may call it.
We were not a great rebounding team when Beilein was here, yet everyone thinks he was one of the greatest coaches at UR and produced a lot of winning teams and an NCAA berth. Wainwright on the other hand - he stressed rebounding, defense, and physical, tough play - and that too brought us to an NCAA bid. Mooney - more like Beilein, stresses passing and shooting over rebounding. He rather have athletic guys who can switch and guard everyone on defense in our switching zone/amoeba defense. Even when Anderson, Harper, Geriot, etc were here - we gave up a lot of offensive rebounds.
Just looked back - in 2011 season (sweet 16 run) we gave up an avg. of 12 offensive rebounds a game. But as a team shot 39% from three and had 4 main rotation guys - Anderson, Harper, Geriot, and Brothers - all above 40%. Year before - we gave up 13 offensive rebounds a night, but shot near 36% from 3, and had Butler at 39%, and Harper, Anderson, and Gonzo all around 35% - 4 of our main players. Our shooting made up for it.
This year - we are only giving up about 10 offensive rebounds a night, which might be due to our lesser competition in OOC play. BUT - we are only shooting 34% from 3% and that is really because of two lights out games we have had. Our only real shooters at this time are Anthony, Cline, and Jones - and all of them are streaky and inconsistent.
Mooney's system, culture, philosophy - whatever you want to call it is to have shooters on the floor and rebounding is secondary. Make enough outside shots and win games - no one talks about rebounding.