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The free throw problem is a little deceptive. It is only a problem when the wrong player shoots them. If Ball, Caravan, Mullins or Demery are shooting , we are fine. If Reed or Smith is on the line.....
 
Devland said:
The free throw problem is a little deceptive. It is only a problem when the wrong player shoots them. If Ball, Caravan, Mullins or Demery are shooting , we are fine. If Reed or Smith is on the line.....
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Well, the four you mentioned need to put themselves in the position of getting a foul called to unravel the deception. It might also help if we didn't put the opponents on the line so much with reach-in fouls.
 
I'm hanging my hat on '22-'23 when the #2 team in the country lost 6 of 8 in a month, lost in the BE tournament and then blew out everyone in the tournament.

That's after I have 19 heart attacks during each game.
 
Devland said:
The free throw problem is a little deceptive. It is only a problem when the wrong player shoots them. If Ball, Caravan, Mullins or Demery are shooting , we are fine. If Reed or Smith is on the line.....
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Karaban and Ball have missed multiple FTs recently in crunch time, missing both ends.

I’m not panicked about it, but it’s not been automatic even with our best guys. Especially in crunch time.
 
Devland said:
The free throw problem is a little deceptive. It is only a problem when the wrong player shoots them. If Ball, Caravan, Mullins or Demery are shooting , we are fine. If Reed or Smith is on the line.....
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100%

That said, we are 230th in the country. Wildly low for a team that should have a number of great FT shooters, AK/Solo/Demary/Mullins. It almost makes no sense. The issue is that those guys don't draw many fouls.
 
Killer instinct means being able to maintain a disciplined mindset of execution and high level intensity and focus when you have a lead or under other distractions set in. It’s a competitive winning mind set. Thats all.
 
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Our team FT% breakdown is wild - we have 4 guys shooting over 80%, then it's a nose dive where everyone else is under 70%. We do have a lot of bad FT shooters on the team, but our 4 best are all starters and should get the majority of minutes.
 
I notice that some players do this 2 bounce and shoot them immediately without pausing while some hold it and then shoot. UConn must be working on what the best way is. Remember Bazz’ team hardly ever missing them?
 
Lafayette said:
Killer instinct = Cam Spencer
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Buckets at the end of the shot clock that just ripped the heart out of the opponent. Newton knowing what to do and when to do it at all times. Karaban bombing open 3s because Newton and Spencer were more than a handful to deal with. Castle as a 5-gallon bucket of glue. And of course Clingan, who was just so much larger than most other big men. In the discussion for the best starting five ever assembled.
 
auror said:
I wouldn't consider that likely.
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One theme we're seeing with Hurley teams ever since he brought in Luke and went with the more Euro-influenced offense is that we always play our best when we don't have to deal with Big East refs. We were still great in 2024, but that team was a juggernaut. Even still, 2 of our 3 losses were in conference and were clearly our two worst performances of the season.

This team looked top 3 good until conference play started, and since they've looked more like 10-20 level. I still feel good about our chances once we get into the dance.
 
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jibsey said:
I notice that some players do this 2 bounce and shoot them immediately without pausing while some hold it and then shoot. UConn must be working on what the best way is. Remember Bazz’ team hardly ever missing them?
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I was curious about the stats on the free throw shooting on that team for the season. The team shot 77.7% on free throws, which according to the stats linked below was 4th in the country. This season that would be 14th in the country, still elite. That team only had 1 player over 80% for the season, Napier at 87% and he shot the most free throws on the team by far. Boatright was just under 80% at 79.8% (we'll round that to 80%) at very high volume also. Nobody else was close to those 2 in volume. Brimah was the only "bad" FT shooter who had some volume per game and he was at 57.4%.

This year's team has 4 starters who shoot 80% or better and then some bad free throw shooters who have decent volume. Reed is at 57.9% and has taken about the same number of free throws as Ball and Demary, so the top 3 players for free throw attempts on the season. Smith is at 51.4% and has taken the 5th most free throws on the team while Reibe is at 48.3% and has taken the 6th most free throws. Mullins hasn't taken many because he hasn't played as much as others and he also doesn't get fouled much.

So what does all this say? Get your best free throw shooters to the line. I know easier said than done! In crunch time I expect Demary, Ball and Karaban to be the guys at the line.

2013-2014 Team Stats:
 
HooperScooper said:
I was curious about the stats on the free throw shooting on that team for the season. The team shot 77.7% on free throws, which according to the stats linked below was 4th in the country. This season that would be 14th in the country, still elite. That team only had 1 player over 80% for the season, Napier at 87% and he shot the most free throws on the team by far. Boatright was just under 80% at 79.8% (we'll round that to 80%) at very high volume also. Nobody else was close to those 2 in volume. Brimah was the only "bad" FT shooter who had some volume per game and he was at 57.4%.

This year's team has 4 starters who shoot 80% or better and then some bad free throw shooters who have decent volume. Reed is at 57.9% and has taken about the same number of free throws as Ball and Demary, so the top 3 players for free throw attempts on the season. Smith is at 51.4% and has taken the 5th most free throws on the team while Reibe is at 48.3% and has taken the 6th most free throws. Mullins hasn't taken many because he hasn't played as much as others and he also doesn't get fouled much.

So what does all this say? Get your best free throw shooters to the line. I know easier said than done! In crunch time I expect Demary, Ball and Karaban to be the guys at the line.

2013-2014 Team Stats:
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Nailed it! Problem is that our 4 top FT shooters don't generate a lot of contact/fouls.
 
HooperScooper said:
I was curious about the stats on the free throw shooting on that team for the season. The team shot 77.7% on free throws, which according to the stats linked below was 4th in the country. This season that would be 14th in the country, still elite. That team only had 1 player over 80% for the season, Napier at 87% and he shot the most free throws on the team by far. Boatright was just under 80% at 79.8% (we'll round that to 80%) at very high volume also. Nobody else was close to those 2 in volume. Brimah was the only "bad" FT shooter who had some volume per game and he was at 57.4%.

This year's team has 4 starters who shoot 80% or better and then some bad free throw shooters who have decent volume. Reed is at 57.9% and has taken about the same number of free throws as Ball and Demary, so the top 3 players for free throw attempts on the season. Smith is at 51.4% and has taken the 5th most free throws on the team while Reibe is at 48.3% and has taken the 6th most free throws. Mullins hasn't taken many because he hasn't played as much as others and he also doesn't get fouled much.

So what does all this say? Get your best free throw shooters to the line. I know easier said than done! In crunch time I expect Demary, Ball and Karaban to be the guys at the line.

2013-2014 Team Stats:
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Brimah hit 1 big one. Kromah was money too.
 
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