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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 4452685, member: 10"] O.K. since I'm a glutton for punishment let's look at this from another angle. Yes, scoring more points is better. No argument there. But couldn't there be like 20 different ways for them to score 1 more point if you think it raises their probability to win the championship? The team's overall field goal percentage is [URL='https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/148/p2'][B][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]47.53%, which is 71st in the country[/COLOR][/B][/URL]. If they raised that about .5% that would give them about an extra point. Isn't 71st in the country about the same as 78th in the country (their free throw percentage rank)? If they were shooting 48.03% from the field that would put that them at about 59th in the country. Wouldn't it be easier to get a 1/2 a basket a game more than raise their free throw percentage by 5%? What about 3 point shooting? They're hitting [URL='https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/152/p2'][B][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]36.84% from 3 which is 73rd in the country[/COLOR][/B][/URL]. Again, about the same rank as their free throw shooting. If they could raise that a little there's the same 1 point extra a game. What if they turned the ball over less? That would give them more shots and even if they kept the same overall shooting percentage would easily give them that extra point. They're turning the ball over [URL='https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/217/p4'][B][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]13 times a game, good for 165th in the country[/COLOR][/B][/URL]. If they turned the ball over 12 times a game instead then there's that same point. 12 turnovers a game would put them at about 84th in the country, again about the same ranking as their free throws. Seems they should work on turning the ball over less since that's a bigger problem than their free throw shooting. There are a million things they could do better if they want to score 1 more point. Probably things that are easier to achieve than 5% more free throws. My point again is that their free throw shooting is not bad enough to be as scrutinized as you are doing. It's an easy target. It's not a fatal flaw. [/QUOTE]

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