But again, why the drop?
who cares? this isn't kenpom. he's just the most interesting mainstream (maybe allstream) bball writer working right now.
so the most interesting mainstream writer cites the terrible FT% as our biggest concern, and it's not discussed? considering that FT% is frowned upon around here as a dumb topic?
interesting.
FT% staying under 60% is a legitimate concern, but I was pleased to see a 55% FTrate vs Alcorn.
Overall I think there have been improvements; Pullen is nearly up to 70% and Samuels is shooting over 60% (best in his career), and Kelly is back up above 50% and was 7-11 vs Alcorn. Those 3 are going to shoot the bulk of our FTs and if they get to the line and shoot what they should, our %-age will increase pretty quickly.
Sprads also showed he can hit big FTs at the end of our game and is our best FT shooter and Russell has shot very well.
The concern really comes from the absolutely terrible shooting of just a few players. I can't help but think Irving's numbers will get much better if he's playing; he showed last year he's much better than a 1-9 FT shooter. Same with Judge, he won't be much over 50%, but he's better than the 2-12 so far.
Then you have JHR and Asprilla (both are 7-20), and I don't know how much better they can be. JHR should be able to shoot around the 50% he shot last year. The real problem could be Asprilla, as a FR he led FIU in attempts (by A LOT with 142 attempts) and only shot 45%. So he has proven he's going to get fouled a lot and not make half.
