I thought of this watching the UCLA UNLV game last night: The announcers mentioned how it's nice to have at least one player on the blocks during the free throw as a "safety blanket" and they think shooters shoot better because of it. It looks like Prohm sends all the players back to defend more than I've seen other teams do. I wonder if this effects ft %?
FT % after Game 3
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We would have won 3 more games last year if we made 3 more FTs. And one of those was the UAB game which ended our season.
So yah we will still compete, but it could and HAS lose us games.
Everybody is going to lose games because of something. Jameel isn't good from the line, likely won't change much. I'd be concerned if we were once prolific at the line and then became average to poor, but that isn't the case.
Is this a football thread? If we would have made one more 3 pointer or blocked one more shot or not fouled on any number of plays then we win those games, this is the kind of garbage that we can look forward to all year so I'm pumped.
Keep bringing the trash I'm ready for this season.
He is 1-9 right now. Last year he missed something like 9 straight to begin the season but then hit over 65% in the games that he started. He can be better as soon as the free throws get out of his head.
This is absolutely correct. If that % does not drastically improve there is a bad moon arising for the Clones. I don't understand why people think it is just a little annoyance at the worst.
I'm talking in comparison to last year. He's not likely to be above the mid 60's. No doubt he'll improve on where he's at right now this season.
Yeah, but this is a free throw we're talking about, with D-1 basketball players that are talented enough to be top 10 in the country. You can't tell me that it isn't frustrating as **** when players can't make them, and that they should have any excuse for not making them at a very high rate. I understand we're going to have off-shooting nights and no one play loses a game, but this a free throw for crying out loud.
We shot 69.6% from the line last year as a team with Jameel taking a ton of them. That's right in the middle of the pack and everyone is shooting around the 70% mark and the teams making a lot more than that aren't doing anything (Drake was top 10 in this category).
The more important thing is making more than the other team makes, it doesn't matter how many more attempts you have and it's about not letting the other team get to the line (ie not fouling) that is important. The % over the season doesn't mean anything. If you take 500 FT's in meaningless non-con games where your AMV is 18 and make 75% from the line but then take 500 FT's in conference and make 65% with a AMV of 9 which one matters more?
Is that a good FT shooting team? They shot 70% as a team for the season but I be their fanbase thinks they were terrible from the line. Context.
Be prepared for Hack-a-McKay later this year.
Does anyone else feel Monte is great, but really should be a better FT shooter than he is?
Does anyone else feel Monte is great, but really should be a better FT shooter than he is?
Not really. He's on the floor the most and usually hits north of 75%. He could be better but I don't feel he should be.
