When it comes to the identity of Florida Gators basketball this season, it’s all about offensive rebounding.
In a podcast interview Tyrese Samuel mentioned that when the team was working in the offseason offensive rebounding wasn’t made a focus, but when games started the mix of length, athleticism, and competitiveness among the frontcourt players resulted in an all-out assault of the offensive glass. When Florida has won games this year it has largely been due to their work on the offensive glass. Florida had 20 offensive rebounds against Florida State, 24 offensive rebounds against Merrimack, and 21 offensive rebounds against Michigan–and the biggest play of that game was a Zyon Pullin three-pointer to send the game into overtime which came off of a, you guessed it–offensive rebound that turned into a kick out for the open look.