Check Vander Plas' rebounding stats in several games. He can do it when he puts his mind to it.
Or the other team is very short.
He led the team in rebounds per minute on the defensive end. The big difference between he and Doug Taylor and Jason Carter was on the offensive boards but he played a lot more on the perimeter than they did so that is expected. I don't worry a bit about BVP's ability to rebound. We are going to need to give him some help though.
I didn't mean to imply I doubted BVP's rebounding. I remember him being able to hold his own down low. I was hinting at the fact that if we go guard-heavy with 4 or 5 of the open schollies we have to have some big, athletic rim rockers to be able to play immediately, whether they are post guys or wings. I feel like if you put Preston, BVP and 2 of Roderick, McDay or Safford with a grad transfer or JUCO guy, our starting 5 won't be too bad. Bring Darty back and it only enhances depth. But let's face it, we haven't had real depth in the last 3 years.