Fun win, valiant effort but FFS, Free Throws!!!

RUBOB72

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Aug 5, 2004
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AJ W looked as though he never shot a free throw in his life. I haven’t shot free throws in 3-4 years but he’ll even I could hit 1 of 6… started to feel his pain.🙏
 

rob kight

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Oct 22, 2020
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AJ W looked as though he never shot a free throw in his life. I haven’t shot free throws in 3-4 years but he’ll even I could hit 1 of 6… started to feel his pain.🙏
Derek was trying to counsel him in between foul shots and it didn’t help. He did somewhat redeem himself with a 3 near the end
 

motorb54

All-Conference
Dec 22, 2005
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As Williams attacks the rim he is going to get fouled.
How can he be so bad at the line?
 

RW90

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Derek was trying to counsel him in between foul shots and it didn’t help. He did somewhat redeem himself with a 3 near the end
Always amazes me how some shooters can be such poor foul shooters and then hit a swish 3. Completely different animal I guess.
 

Freddy Stubbs

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Oct 25, 2008
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Always amazes me how some shooters can be such poor foul shooters and then hit a swish 3. Completely different animal I guess.
Is the difference the time the player has to think about the shot?
Catch the ball shoot the 3.
Foul call, wait for the ref to go to the scorer, line up for the free throw, take some dribbles shoot. Seems like a lot of time for doubt to creep in. Especially after he missed the first 2.
 

newell138

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Aug 1, 2001
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Is the difference the time the player has to think about the shot?
Catch the ball shoot the 3.
Foul call, wait for the ref to go to the scorer, line up for the free throw, take some dribbles shoot. Seems like a lot of time for doubt to creep in. Especially after he missed the first 2.

its Mackey Sasser syndrome
 

Fat Koko

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Nov 28, 2022
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Always amazes me how some shooters can be such poor foul shooters and then hit a swish 3. Completely different animal I guess.

Eighteen of the top 20 all time division 1 college basketball 3 point % shooters hit 80%+ of their free throws.

Worst free throw shooter of the top 20 was Ray Allen at 78%. Ray improved his free throw performance in the NBA, hitting 88% in the league and winning two NBA championships.

As a point of reference, NCAA men's basketball free throw % has been in the high 60s to 70% range for decades. This season, Rutgers is at 65.4%, ranking 323 of 351 division 1 squads. Division 1 is shooting well from the line this season, making 71% of attempts.

If Rutgers shot the NCAA division 1 median of 71% % on free throws, the added points per game would equal <1.
 

Scarlet Blind_rivals

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Aug 5, 2001
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In order of best to worst
7-7 N Princeton
12-14 @ Ohio St
15-19 @ Iowa
11-14 N Miss St
12-16 @ Seton Hall
8-11 @ Wake Forest

I think it's time to change the Jersey Mike's rims.
Our best FT games are all away from home.

23-32 St Peter's, 24-34 Bryant
19-28 Indiana, 22-35 Stone Hill
16-26 Howard, 8-13 @ Mich St
12-20 Illinois, 14-24 Georgetown
16-30 BostonU, 16-30 Nebraska
13-26 LIU
 

Scarlet Blind_rivals

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These are staggering number differences...

Road/Neutral 73-94 77.7%
Edit** Avg 10.4-13.4(7gms)
Home 175-285 61.4%
Edit** Avg 17.5-28.5(10gm)

We average 3 misses on the road to 11 misses at home
 
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Fat Koko

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RAC needs super tough rims to prevent Cliff from tearing down backboards like Shaq used to do.

When Cliff leaves, RAC can go back to normal rims, and foul shooting % should return to normal.
 

RUKnights86

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Apr 5, 2016
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These are staggering number differences...

Road/Neutral 73-84 86.9%
Home 175-285 61.4%
I mentioned this in another thread prior that it is astonishing the disparity between home & away stats. I recognize the sample size is much larger at home, but these splits are wild. And to take it a step further, those away foul shots are spread across the board and do not seem to be steered heavy towards our better FT shooters vs the lower end ones.
 

knight82

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Nov 4, 2002
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It was two guys - Cliff and Austin. The rest of the team was something like 14-17