Remember this? Steve Nash drill has helped UConn advance deep in NCAA tourney.

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How a Steve Nash drill has helped UConn advance deep into NCAA tournament

Thanks in part to a free-throw shooting drill, the Huskies are one win away from the Final Four.

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"Nash put 60 seconds on the clock and just tried to make as many free throws as he could," Miller said of Nash treating free-throw shooting almost like it was a Pop-A-Shot game at a sports bar.

Now three-to-four times a practice Ollie stops the action and sets guys up at foul lines. In one minute they need to hit at least 17 shots or they have to sprint the length of the court twice as punishment. "They don't like that a lot," Ollie said. Players can usually attempt about 23 or 24, depending on their speed.

 

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The best part of the story of this drill in 2014 is when Calipari threw up his hands and made bad decisions at the end of the championship game because he feared UCon would hit all their foul shots. The announcers were screaming "foul, foul, foul" and Calipari was like, "It's over!"