It's still possible against Creighton but I think last night was the wake up call they needed for Tuesday. They saw they can't just show up and expect to beat an inferior opponent with their talent alone. I expect them to be ready
You think that practicing foul shots a million times will make every one Bill Sharman? If that were so, everyone would be Bill Sharman including Wilt who got fouled as much as anyone and totally sucked at the line. You think these guys don’t do tons of foul shooting drills in practice and on their own? Who besides Donyell would you have had at the line in that Florida NCAA game and that wasn’t even a 1 and 1 and I’ll betcha if you watch a tape of that he wasn’t off by more than an inch. Guys miss foul shots. If they didn’t they would just put the points up. Obviously you try to get the ball into the hands of your best foul shooters in close end game situations. But it can’t always work that way because there is that sticky little problem of another team on the floor trying to prevent it the same way our team tries to do. And even the “right” guy doesn’t make 100%.
I will say this again. During the Calhoun reign when h foul shooting went into the Porta Potty he made them practice that out. In a couple games their foul shot “attitude” turned around. Coaches (include. Assistants) need to determine if the problem is technique or lack of focus. Technique is more conducive to a fix than lack of focus.
The thing us, while the first half was generally lousy, part of that was the right shooters missing a bigger per cent than usual of shots they can make. Not the best performance but made to look worse by the right shot not falling. Against a better team it wouldn’t turn out so well.
They will vary in their play.
I bet nobody does.
If these players were robots it would be way less interesting. Every foul shot is distinct from every other. They practice plenty.
TCB.
I thought we covered the spread since it was -6.5?
You of all (OK, many) people should know that automatons don't make suitable strawmen, and perfection isn't attainable so why bother with such a comparison?
I hope everyone here watched Providence/Marquette. Aside from it being a fun game, both those teams on the average shoot at a better FT clip than UConn and they were no great shakes down the stretch including some good foul shooters. Seriously, some here have expectations that are out of this world as far as our team goes. I’d bet the ranch our team practices foul shooting as typically as any team and generally perform around the average. Of course it depends on the shooter. Cole on the average makes between 1 and 3 more out of 10 than the others. But he misses them too. Practice definitely helps, but getting a player from the low 60s to low 70s is more likely than getting a player in the low 70s to the mid 80s even with practice til the cows come home. For whatever reason, some people have more ability than others to repeat with precision the same desired physical process than others. Touring pro golfers almost all practice a lot but some are just better at controlling the ball flight or putting than others regardless of practice.
I think Polley was in the game instead of Sanogo.
Yes. But Nova is unusual. The premise that UConn players don’t practice foul shooting enough I suspect is far from true. It might be interesting to learn if Nova focuses more on foul shooting than UConn or any other programs. Maybe they are just better shooters. UConn player stats are pretty normal for even the best teams. The players at this level have been practicing foul shooting for years. I get more interested in players who get to this level and have obvious bad form and relatively poor results. To me it’s hard to know why a player like Martin who has decent form can’t get above high 60s.
Win Total ? OP showing a great deal of optimism.
Purely from a foul shooting perspective that’s the 5. Hawkins stats are ok but too small a sample size. The question. I think with Martin gets to be how much time is left and what’s the point differential. Up a point or two with under 30 seconds and your team is going to be pressed, which 5 are the best accounting for both foul shooting and ability to help break a press. I’m not paid enough to decide.
This is the best FT shooting lineup, but I suspect Martin is out there because of his toughness and low propensity for turnovers.
