Free throw defense

[epistibrain]

Wow, we need to work on this. Worst in Div I! Anyone got any ideas?


341 Portland St. (BSky) 74.5
342 Notre Dame (BE) 74.6
343 UAB (CUSA) 74.6
344 Sacred Heart (NEC) 74.9
345 Weber St. (BSky) 75.1
346 San Francisco (WCC) 75.5
347 Bradley (MVC) 76.0

[BUFAN]

Wow, we need to work on this. Worst in Div I! Anyone got any ideas?


341 Portland St. (BSky) 74.5
342 Notre Dame (BE) 74.6
343 UAB (CUSA) 74.6
344 Sacred Heart (NEC) 74.9
345 Weber St. (BSky) 75.1
346 San Francisco (WCC) 75.5
347 Bradley (MVC) 76.0

Schedule a few teams that cannot make free throws.

[houstontxbrave]

Wow, we need to work on this. Worst in Div I! Anyone got any ideas?


341 Portland St. (BSky) 74.5
342 Notre Dame (BE) 74.6
343 UAB (CUSA) 74.6
344 Sacred Heart (NEC) 74.9
345 Weber St. (BSky) 75.1
346 San Francisco (WCC) 75.5
347 Bradley (MVC) 76.0

Move your feet, stop reaching?

I think it just means we have sent a lot of teams to the line who have shot it incredibly versus us this year.

[epistibrain]

I think it just means we have sent a lot of teams to the line who have shot it incredibly versus us this year.

Yeah, I think it is mostly some combination of the schedule and luck. Still, if anyone with seats behind the basket has any of those giant spinning wheels it couldn't hurt.

[thefish7]

I posted the same thing a couple of weeks ago. It's even weirder actually... We've been "bad" at defending free throws for like five out of six years.

[Da Coach]

Coach Les had the guys working on FT defense today. I am sure we'll do much better in tonight's game.

[Tulsa Brave]

I posted the same thing a couple of weeks ago. It's even weirder actually... We've been "bad" at defending free throws for like five out of six years.

Yep...we were 8th worst last season.

[AE Braves Fan]

Bring back the oversized cardboard cutouts in the student section!

[BradleyBrave]

Play more physical. Tire guys out. Not sure we have the personnel to do that this year, and not really sure it's absolutely required to win ball games. But if I could think of a way to change that, playing more physical basketball would be the way. Of all the things to have a beef with regarding this year's team, this is probably at the bottom of the list.

[real fan]

When you play a decent schedule you will go up against better players that are capable of making freethrows.

[romar]

Maybe we should put the tall guys at the top of the lane & have them reach their arms high into the middle - NAH!

[tornado]

More big-head cutout pictures of Flavor Flav and Lady Gaga?

[Braves4Life]

Play more physical. Tire guys out.

That's a great point BB........ It does make a difference.

[SaintLouBrave22]

Maybe it has something to do with fouling the wrong guys?

[tornado]

Here's what it is.........it's because we clearly have played the best & most quality opponents...BY FAR!
Maybe if we were playing the patsies ISU is playing, they'd probably miss more FT's

Valley teams' Strength of Schedule
Bradley...........................13
Creighton........................70
Indiana State...................71
UNI................................79
Missouri State................140
Drake............................145
Wichita State.................163
Evansville.......................201
SIU ..............................236
ISU (last as expected)......237

one other stat....on free throw offense......
in Valley play, only six players who shoot at least 4 FT attempts per game, are shooting over 76%..
Here they are......

Andrew Warren 30-32 .938
Taylor Brown 31-35 .886
Adam Koch 32-37 .865
Harry Marshall 35 -41 .854
Sam Maniscalco 31-37 .838
Jermaine Mallett 28-34, .824

3 of them are on our team!!