Texas Tech basketball: Scouting the TCU Horned Frogs
TCU is good on the offensive glass
Hopefully, the Red Raiders have improved on the offensive glass since being dominated in that regard by Baylor and West Virginia. That’s because of the fact that TCU is the third-best offensive rebounding team in the Big 12 after the Mountaineers and Bears.
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Pulling down 11.7 offensive boards per game, the Frogs average almost 1.5 more per game than Tech. Therefore, Beard will likely have been placing a heavy emphasis on blocking out and rebounding as he prepares his team for this contest.
It was frustrating to see the Red Raiders give up 17 offensive boards to Baylor and 12 to West Virginia in their two conference losses thus. Since then, they have allowed just six to Kansas State but followed that up by letting Iowa State grab 15.
The big man Samuel is the main threat on the offensive glass. He’s averaging 3.1 per game. In previous contests, Tech allowed opposing bigs to have their way on the offensive glass so if they can keep Samuel from going nuts, it will be an encouraging sign of progress.
What’s interesting though is the fact that the next two leading offensive rebounders for TCU are guards. Jaire Grayer is averaging just under two offensive boards per game while Bane is pulling down 1.4.
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Being as TCU shoots a ton of 3-pointers and jumpers, there are likely to be more long rebounds than in a normal game. Thus, it will be critical for Tech to rebound as a team and to make sure that they are the first to the floor when going after loose balls. If they can do that, they may be able to prevent what happened on the glass against Baylor and West Virginia from derailing them in Fort Worth tonight.