(Posted this in the premium thread but for anyone interested):
The easiest way to extrapolate at least an idea of how are are doing on offensive putbacks is to take our offensive efficiency and work back from there.
Offensive efficiency uses field goals attempted, offensive rebounds, turnovers, free throws attempted, and points scored along with possessions. Basically in one trip with the ball, how many points are you typically getting.
Our offensive efficiency is good (Top 30).
Our field goal % ranking is really, really bad.
Our free throw % ranking is really, really bad.
Our turnover ranking is good.
So if our field goal and free throw shooting are as bad as they are, but our offensive efficiency is Top 30, it means the number of points that we are producing on putbacks is extremely high.
The question will be, will that continue as we get into conference play and the caliber of defensive rebounder improves (Iowa State was the only team we played that had very good rebounding -- Memphis, OSU, Virginia, etc... were all pretty bad), will we be able to offset the decrease in putbacks with an increase in actual FG shooting.
We're not going to go far this year if we continue to have a #271 ranked effective FG% and a #210 ranked FT%. Coleman and Garcia are good at nabbing boards, but poor shooting like that is impossible to overcome in the long-term.