Inside The Numbers: Tyrece Radford’s Offensive Rebounding Dominance

Virginia Tech, Tyrece Radford
Tyrece Radford is perhaps the best pound-for-pound rebounder in the country. (Ivan Morozov)

We all know that Virginia Tech’s Tyrece Radford is a great offensive rebounder.  But exactly how good is he?  Today’s article focuses on that, plus a little bit of Hunter Cattoor.

Unless otherwise noted, the numbers from today’s article came from Barttorvik.com or KenPom.com.  Barttorvik.com is a great resource if you like statistics, once you figure out how to use it.

Tyrece Radford’s Offensive Rebounding Impact

You don’t need stats to tell you that Tyrece Radford is a terrific offensive rebounder.  You can see that with your own eyes, and even if you can’t, you hear the announcers talk about it so much that it’s probably engrained in your brain at this point.

That said, I want to put into perspective how good of an offensive rebounder Radford has been for Virginia Tech.  I didn’t even know these stats existed until I was poking around on KenPom.com this morning.  I’ll do a copy and paste, and then I’ll translate it for you.

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