This may not be earth shattering to anyone else but it was for me.
We all know under Frank Martin that O-Boards are a hallmark of what we do and tv analysts frequently mention that it is "a part of their offense," last night I'm pretty sure I saw a play designed to get an offensive rebound. Here's the set up. I'm remembering this as I saw it live so I might miss a small detail as I have not watched the Watch ESPN replay. Anyway I'm pretty sure I saw this play ran both halves but my focus is the time I saw it in the 2nd. I believe that it was around 5 minutes left in the game. Rod was on the same side of the floor as Jamar and Big Gip. Jamar and Gipson set staggered screens for Rodney to give him a look near the top of the key. The screens are high enough for one of them to roll to the basket but neither player rolled. After Rodney took the pass from Will I believe who was on the elbow extended (either ar-t or Jones was in corner) Gipson and Samuels instead of rolling to the basket they simply turned and blocked out like it was a defensive rebound. Rodney missed the shot but the soft rebound fell right to Gipson who had perfect positioning, they blocked out so well they would have easily gotten a long board too.
As I've said this may not mean much to you all, and I'm sure I'm about 3 years late noticing this but I don't think I've seen a play designed almost specifically to get an offensive rebound. The design of the play was amazing, from the movement of the huge, to the spacing of the off guards, it was pretty cool.