1/3 - MBB at Marshall - 4pm

[311neers]

There are 365 D1 men’s basketball teams. We are ranked 363 in free throw percentage.

I could go on a big rant about this but will just leave it at that.

It is a trait that is clearly not prioritized in recruiting. Basketball rotations flip yearly. It could be a point of emphasis but isn’t. Haven’t figured out why yet.

Probably because he's trying to assemble the best team he can each year with a full roster re-load (and very limited NIL). We don't have the luxury of looking at two power forwards and dismissing one because they are a bad FT shooter. We have to take the best talent we can get and hope we can improve it.

We haven’t shot well at the stripe his whole tenure, pre portal/NIL either. Think it’s more of a case that we play slow and feed the big men who are usually the worst FT shooters, thus the low percentages. They take most of the FTs.

In 20-21 (when we won the Sun Belt Tournament) we shot 73.7% from the line as a team and our top six scorers all individually shot 72% of better from the line. We put teams away at the line in that tournament

In 22-23, 6 of our top 8 shot 73% of better individually, but we shot 67.6% as a team because Abson and X were sub 40% shooters. In 23-24, we were 67.8%, but only had three players above 75%. Again, Abson and X were sub 50% shooters.
Last year 65.1% and this year we have plummeted to 60.4%

We are also at 31.5% from three this year, which is a couple of percentage points below the other Kerns teams.

Yep- Its usually been 2-3 guys that skew the numbers the wrong way.

We would be a way better shooting team from the stripe with Vasser. I believe he was 90%.

[T-Dog]

There are 365 D1 men’s basketball teams. We are ranked 363 in free throw percentage.

I could go on a big rant about this but will just leave it at that.

This has been updated since Saturday.

We are now 365th in FT percentage, dead last in D1.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

There are 365 D1 men’s basketball teams. We are ranked 363 in free throw percentage.

I could go on a big rant about this but will just leave it at that.

This has been updated since Saturday.

We are now 365th in FT percentage, dead last in D1.

Might as well just throw it at the rim and hope for a rebound

[biggie]

There are 365 D1 men’s basketball teams. We are ranked 363 in free throw percentage.

I could go on a big rant about this but will just leave it at that.

This has been updated since Saturday.

We are now 365th in FT percentage, dead last in D1.

Might as well just throw it at the rim and hope for a rebound

For some of them do we think we could get it to bounce off the back of the rim or skim the front and then go off the backboard? Both would need to be hard enough to kick back to near half court for that guy to have an open rebound.

But both of those options would require some accuracy...

[BambooRdApp]

There are 365 D1 men’s basketball teams. We are ranked 363 in free throw percentage.

I could go on a big rant about this but will just leave it at that.

This has been updated since Saturday.

We are now 365th in FT percentage, dead last in D1.

Might as well just throw it at the rim and hope for a rebound

For some of them do we think we could get it to bounce off the back of the rim or skim the front and then go off the backboard? Both would need to be hard enough to kick back to near half court for that guy to have an open rebound.

But both of those options would require some accuracy...

This is the Solution ..

Check out this video, "old school free throw shooting" https://share.google/a6u49DrGkFUlXrhQB

[Bootsy]

There are 365 D1 men’s basketball teams. We are ranked 363 in free throw percentage.

I could go on a big rant about this but will just leave it at that.

This has been updated since Saturday.

We are now 365th in FT percentage, dead last in D1.

Might as well just throw it at the rim and hope for a rebound

For some of them do we think we could get it to bounce off the back of the rim or skim the front and then go off the backboard? Both would need to be hard enough to kick back to near half court for that guy to have an open rebound.

But both of those options would require some accuracy...

This is the Solution ..

Check out this video, "old school free throw shooting" https://share.google/a6u49DrGkFUlXrhQB

You’ve already sent this to Dustin, right?

[BambooRdApp]

This has been updated since Saturday.

We are now 365th in FT percentage, dead last in D1.

Might as well just throw it at the rim and hope for a rebound

For some of them do we think we could get it to bounce off the back of the rim or skim the front and then go off the backboard? Both would need to be hard enough to kick back to near half court for that guy to have an open rebound.

But both of those options would require some accuracy...

This is the Solution ..

Check out this video, "old school free throw shooting" https://share.google/a6u49DrGkFUlXrhQB

You’ve already sent this to Dustin, right?

Of course. You have to ask?

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

This has been updated since Saturday.

We are now 365th in FT percentage, dead last in D1.

Might as well just throw it at the rim and hope for a rebound

For some of them do we think we could get it to bounce off the back of the rim or skim the front and then go off the backboard? Both would need to be hard enough to kick back to near half court for that guy to have an open rebound.

But both of those options would require some accuracy...

This is the Solution ..

Check out this video, "old school free throw shooting" https://share.google/a6u49DrGkFUlXrhQB

You’ve already sent this to Dustin, right?

One of his assistants is assigned to this board to obtain professional advice.

[Stonewall]

One of our guys tried it two years ago . He was equally unsuccessful.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

One of our guys tried it two years ago . He was equally unsuccessful.

We’ve had two years of experience since then

[WASU 93]

One of our guys tried it two years ago . He was equally unsuccessful.

We’ve had two years of experience since then

It should be a team rule. If you can't break 60% with your way, you have to switch to Barry style.

[Stonewall]

That player is gone.