While the season is young, and I really don't have any data to support my opinion, it seems that free throw shooting in NCAA basketball is really bad. I suspect the current style of play where the 3 point shot or the dunk are the desired result has something to do with this. Do kids practice free throws anymore?
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FT Shooting
- Thread starter Disturbed
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:twisted: RaiderOfBradley
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I believe that Disturbed is talking about the NCAA as a whole, not the Braves individually.
I do believe you're correct, Dis, that FT shooting has been suffering. I watched Maryland the other night go 14-30 (if my memory serves correctly) in a game that they lost by six or eight points. Make half of those misses and you're in the game. Other college games I have watched, the FT percentages have hovered in the 65-70% area, it seems, for both teams.
Maybe the players aren't practicing their FT as much as they did in the past (I know we had to shoot a minimum of 25 at the end of practice before we could leave when I played) and it could very well be that coaches aren't putting the emphasis on it, preferring to concentrate on defense, changing the offense enough to present a challenge to opponents, and conditioning of the team.
I do believe you're correct, Dis, that FT shooting has been suffering. I watched Maryland the other night go 14-30 (if my memory serves correctly) in a game that they lost by six or eight points. Make half of those misses and you're in the game. Other college games I have watched, the FT percentages have hovered in the 65-70% area, it seems, for both teams.
Maybe the players aren't practicing their FT as much as they did in the past (I know we had to shoot a minimum of 25 at the end of practice before we could leave when I played) and it could very well be that coaches aren't putting the emphasis on it, preferring to concentrate on defense, changing the offense enough to present a challenge to opponents, and conditioning of the team.