10Q
Professor
Posts: 23572
Loc: Suburban Philly
Reg: 11-21-04
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01-09-17 09:00 AM - Post#217793
Is it just me or does it seem like we always have a below average free throw shooting team? Maybe we should bring in Rick Barry to teach the guy how's to shoot free throws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZX_FynSrUQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWqCnGjdiIk
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penn nation
Professor
Posts: 21311
Reg: 12-02-04
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Re: Free throw shooting
01-09-17 09:12 AM - Post#217794
In response to 10Q
We have gone steadily downhill each year from a recent high FT% of .749 (#14 in the country) in the 09-10 season (it was Rosen's senior year, not surprisingly).
We are currently at .636 (#321 in the country) which is inexcusable.
Edited by penn nation on 01-09-17 09:16 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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13otto
Masters Student
Posts: 779
Loc: Philadelphia, PA
Reg: 11-22-04
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Re: Free throw shooting
01-09-17 09:44 AM - Post#217795
In response to penn nation
We have gone steadily downhill each year from a recent high FT% of .749 (#14 in the country) in the 09-10 season (it was Rosen's senior year, not surprisingly)
2009-10 was actually Rosen's sophomore year.
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Penndemonium
PhD Student
Posts: 1905
Reg: 11-29-04
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01-09-17 02:19 PM - Post#217821
In response to 13otto
The weird thing is that there isn't an obvious reason why this team is so bad at FTs. There were some teams in the past that had some stone-handed shooters who couldn't hit a 15 footer to save their life. Yet this team is as bad as them. I suspect it may be due to the percentage of FTs coming from guards vs. forwards or something along those lines.
Brodeur, MacDonald, and Howard seem like they should be able to be good FT shooters with a bit of focus.
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penn nation
Professor
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Reg: 12-02-04
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01-09-17 04:17 PM - Post#217843
In response to Penndemonium
Howard is having a bizarre year in that his 3 pt % is markedly improved but his FT % is noticeably worse.
Brodeur is shooting FTs at a lower clip than what his high school performance would have predicted. It would not surprise me if he ended up with a higher rate by the time his Penn career was over. His shooting form in general is fairly solid and his work ethic is great.
When DNH came in his FT% was horrendous (and looked even worse) but by the time he graduated his rate was up.
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