Best Year Ever for Free Throw Shooting

[Rayl 527]

Do you think that over the years free throw shooting has gotten worse in college basketball? It sure seems like it to me. However, I am wrong and so are you if that is what you thought.

 

 

This season, free throws were shot at a better rate than in any previous season in the history of college basketball. To date, my calculations indicate that D-I teams have made 69.82 percent of their attempts from the free throw line. According to the NCAA record book, the previous best was the 69.7 percent made in the 1979 season.

 

 

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/this_was_the_best_year_in_history_for_free_throw_shooting

[Hwy 1 2,053]

yep, sometimes perception isn't backed up by stats. I'm guilty too. 

[BlueDevil 9,556]

I thought it was down as well. I guess i didn't really start noticing till tourney time

[Dalton26 17,208]

Wow. I was way off then.


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[CampHoosier 3,697]

Has anyone ever really wanted to see someone who struggles with FTs underhand it like Ollie in Hoosiers? I guarantee Stan could have made more this way. I'm not even kidding. It's incredibly effective. You just look like a loser doing it. 

[Hovadipo 61,521]

[quote name="CampCrean" post="54601" timestamp="1395944485"]Has anyone ever really wanted to see someone who struggles with FTs underhand it like Ollie in Hoosiers? I guarantee Stan could have made more this way. I'm not even kidding. It's incredibly effective. You just look like a loser doing it. [/quote]

Did a project my senior year of HS math on this. In the Physics sense, it is more effective to shoot it underhand with all of the trajectory and velocity calculations.


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[TheWatShot 15,523]

Has anyone ever really wanted to see someone who struggles with FTs underhand it like Ollie in Hoosiers? I guarantee Stan could have made more this way. I'm not even kidding. It's incredibly effective. You just look like a loser doing it. 

 

Wisconsin had a player a couple years ago who got into such a slump he started jumping when he shot his. 

[Rayl 527]

Didn't Wilt shoot underhanded? I bet no one told him to his face that he looked like a loser.

[CampHoosier 3,697]

Didn't Wilt shoot underhanded? I bet no one told him to his face that he looked like a loser.

 

He was also 7'1" 

[Hovadipo 61,521]

[quote name="Rayl" post="54607" timestamp="1395945273"]Didn't Wilt shoot underhanded? I bet no one told him to his face that he looked like a loser.[/quote] I bet they did. Considering he shot like 56% for his career. Other than that he was pretty decent. Edit: 51% Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

[JSHoosier 22,230]

He was also 7'1" 

Yeah, you'd have to stand on a chair to say much of anything to his face.

[Hwy 1 2,053]

Rick Barry

 

 

http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2012/12/13/3758698/rick-barry-underhand-free-throw-nba

[Hwy 1 2,053]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU88dxJKTHI