That team shot 90% from the foul line as a *team* throughout the entire tournament. Florida did the same thing late - fouling anyone on the floor was an automatic two points for us.
Indeed!
vs St. Joes = 18-20 for 90%
vs Nova = 22-28 for 79%
vs Iowa St = 20-22 for 91% (Iowa St just 40%)
vs MSU = 21-22 for 96%
vs Florida = 10-13 for 77%
vs Kentucky = 10-10 for 100% (Yes, the squid was right, UConn did not miss that day!)
TOTAL = 101-115 for 88%.
14 misses from the line in 6 games, find me a team that wouldn't kill for that during any 6-game stretch!
-During those six games: Brimah missed 2 (0-2 game), Nolan missed 2 (one of his missed FTs was 1 of the only 2 misses vs St. Joes), Daniels missed 2 (including the only miss of the MSU game), Napier missed 2, Samuel missed 1, Tolksdorf missed 1, Boatright missed 4 (1 in the St. Joes game and the other 3 in the Nova game).
People say D wins championships. Sure. But in the case of 2014 UConn, free throws won the Huskies not only a number of those games but in the end, the title!
The 2011 team was no slouch either:
vs Bucknell 8-9 for 89%
vs Cincy 25-30 for 83% (25 points from the FT line out of 69 points)
vs San Diego St 12-16 for 75%
vs Zona 14-18 for 78%
vs Kentucky 9-11 for 82%
vs Butler 14-16 for 88%
TOTAL 82-100 for 82%