Porter Moser critical of Oklahoma's rebounding effort

Oklahoma‘s rebounding has not been great in recent games and head coach Porter Moser is not happy about it.

“There’s a lot of areas of the game I can help them with: helping them make different reads off of ball screens, help them with set up actions, maybe run some plays to get them open,” Moser said after Monday’s practice. “Defensively, giving them schemes. Rebounding? You got to block out and you got to go get it.”

In their most recent game against Baylor, the Sooners were outrebounded 39 to 30. The Bears also secured 17 offensive rebounds, leading to 30 second chance points. Oklahoma lost the game 62-60.

“You got to block out and you gotta go get it,” Moser said. “We’ve only had one or two missed blockouts. They’re blocking out, but then they gotta release and go get it. My mind goes to that Seinfeld episode. It’s not the reservation, it’s holding the reservation. It’s not the blackout. It’s the release and go get it.”

Rebounding on the mind for Oklahoma ahead of TCU

Porter Moser emphasized how important rebounding will be for Oklahoma as they travel to Fort Worth for Tuesday’s game against TCU.

“It’s gonna be the same boat against TCU,” Moser said. “I watched the game here, the games from last year as well. I’ve watched their Kansas game. I’ve watched their West Virginia game. I watched all these games the last 48 hours. You gotta go get it.”

The two Sooners-Horned Frogs games last season were a tale of two rebounding performances. When they first played in Texas, TCU won in overtime by two points and won the rebound battle by one.

But the next time they played in Norman, Okla., the Horned Frogs dominated the glass. They grabbed 42 rebounds while Oklahoma had 20 boards.

“They really hurt us here on the glass last year,” Moser said. “If you look what they did…they had a really good number. We got to do the same thing against West Virginia. We got to block out and then we got to go release and go get it and the guards got to rebound down.”