Free throws: 34-44 OM; 14-25 MSU

[1msucub]

Nothing more or less than that. All the other stats are basically identical. Terrible.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

I'm sick of watching college basketball. Even if we were winning more I'd be sick of watching college basketball. This is a sub-par team playing in a sub-par conference in a sub-par league with sub-par officiating that seems to be killing itself from the inside.

And our bigs have bricks for hands.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I'm sick of watching college basketball. Even if we were winning more I'd be sick of watching college basketball. This is a sub-par team playing in a sub-par conference in a sub-par league with sub-par officiating that seems to be killing itself from the inside.

And our bigs have bricks for hands.

We can't dribble, shoot or pass worth a flip either....

 

[Shamoan]

Fundamentals don't go out way

 

[dickiedawg]

That's a little misleading, we probably put them on the line for close to 20 shots trying to play catch up.
The percentages don't lie though, we have to do a better job there.

 

[BiscuitEater]

That's a little misleading, we probably put them on the line for close to 20 shots trying to play catch up.
The percentages don't lie though, we have to do a better job there.

Ironically, if we had shot OUR FTs better than 56%, we would have won in regulation. Herard 2-7 (28.6%), Holman 0-2 (0.00%) and Peters 0-3 (0.00%) [combined for 2-12 (16.7%)] killed any chance

 

[NewTweederEndzoneDance]

That's a little misleading, we probably put them on the line for close to 20 shots trying to play catch up.
The percentages don't lie though, we have to do a better job there.

They were more aggressive most of the game, which leads to getting to the line. The announcers talked about how this ole miss team makes its living that way. Where we lost the game though was absolutely in our own free throw shooting. The game went to OT. At one point we were 0 for like 6 from the line, and I know it was 3 for 11 at one point. Make 4 more of those, like we should, and it's a different game.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

This seems to be the same stat line after every game. We are awful at the free throw line

 

[ShrubDog]

Last 5 games at the line

Us 62/93

Them 116/162

 

[DawgatAuburn]

It's far worse in the SEC. The data supports that. So what may seem systemic is actually more localized if what you primarily watch are SEC games.

 

[coach66]

A big part of our problem is we don't seem to value driving and scoring, we just

like to bomb from the outside without success. We have a hard time finishing at the hoop.

 

[MSU601Dawg]

That's a little misleading, we probably put them on the line for close to 20 shots trying to play catch up.
The percentages don't lie though, we have to do a better job there.

Exactly, the last 3 minutes of regulation and OT was us fouling them trying to catch up, which ironically is what this team does best.

This team excels at routinely getting down by 10-15 points and making furious comebacks in the last 4 minutes of games.

 

[fishwater99]

like to bomb from the outside without success. We have a hard time finishing at the hoop.

^^
THIS

We live and Die by the 3 Ball !!!

 

[EurekaDog]

FTs? You must shoot 70+%. Heck our HS coach demanded we'd shoot 70+% or we...

were vulnerable to being benched late in tight games.

On another note....
I don't understand why players (who have poor FT %) don't step back from the line and shoot a jump shot. They shoot more jump shots than FTs... in practice, in shootarounds, in pickup games, etc.
Heck, a player in our HS girls' team (when she shot FTs) shot a jump shot from a position 3 feet to the right of the the middle of the lane. She shot better than 80%.

 

[1msucub]

They were more aggressive most of the game, which leads to getting to the line. The announcers talked about how this ole miss team makes its living that way. Where we lost the game though was absolutely in our own free throw shooting. The game went to OT. At one point we were 0 for like 6 from the line, and I know it was 3 for 11 at one point. Make 4 more of those, like we should, and it's a different game.

That's my point. We lost because we were horrific at the line.