There were times last night when it looked like Baylor was just throwing it up against the glass and planning on getting the rebound. I said in the other thread that we need to be able to rebound with teams like Baylor and TCU, and the only way of doing that is with 2 bigs on the floor.
Its late February, we have had plenty of time to practice with both of our bigs on the floor at the same time. No one is saying play that way the rest of the year, but some games we may end up doing it most of the game, and last night was one of those times.
I am pretty sure the announcers were saying the same thing.
However, I agree with this thread. Baylor just had bigger people playing and we were unable to rebound against it. There were times when we had position on a Baylor player, but their height allowed them to tip the ball back to their guards. Which is another problem, our guards play to try and get the fast break. Once the ball hits the rim, our 2-3 guards are trying to get up court to get in position for the offense. Baylor on the other hand sent all five guys for the offensive rebound against our 2 defense rebounders.
Also, when we transition from offense to defense, once the ball is in the air, or hits the rim, we don't go after the offensive rebound, we fall back to get ready for defense.
Last night, if we had 2-3 properly sized bigs down low getting defensive rebounds, they could have threw it up court to the guards for quick breaks. This may have caused Baylor to stop pressing so hard on the offensive rebounds and instead falling back on defense after their shot was in the air. But this all depends on having properly sized bigs down low on defense, which we lack.