Free Throws

[chinngiskhaan]

I’m an Indiana Pacers fan for some reason (Reggie and Rik in NBA Jam were a great duo). I just looked at their box score. They are getting their butts kicked by the Lebron/Luka-less lakers.

Why do I bring this up as a Ute basketball post? Because the Pacers are currently 30/31 AS A TEAM from the free throw line.

SMH, do better Utes. You can do much much better.

[Utah#1]

That’s part of the Utah MBB head coach responsibility and what he has been getting paid to do for about four years now

[OmahaOmaha]

In the womens game yesterday, UCF went like 11/12 and Utah went 15/18, but 2 of those 3 misses was by Nene Sow who played a total of maybe 3 or 4 minutes. Without her, they went 13/14. Now they get the advantage of a smaller ball but still — at one point during the mens Colorado game, Utah was 1/9. That’s 12.5 percent from the line. I know it ended up near 50 percent but in no world, especially where the scrubs aren’t playing should a D1 P4 basketball team be 1/9 in free throws.

I’ll bet over the course of the season the women are hitting 10 percent or more free throws. The men are painful to watch from the line. I have confidence in Gabe and Hunter and that’s about it. It’s not dumb to play hack a shack in a close game with our big men — Keller, Lovering, Ausar, Wahlin. Lohner wouldn’t be in the game at that point.

[voxnihili]

Currently, the Women’s team is shooting 75.3% for the season.

Starters are shooting 78.9%, which is impressive, given that Jenna Johnson and Maye Toure have shot 55% and 63%, respectively.

[Minnesota Ute]

Jeez, I didn’t realize Jenna was that bad!

[voxnihili]

It’s surprising, given her overall play. Oddly, her FT% has dropped every year (75, 73, 67, 55).

I wondered at the time if her missing those two free throws against LSU her sophomore year would mess with her confidence. Maybe it did with the 5% drop, but the 12% drop this year is something else.

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