Free Throws

[Winters]

I mean seriously how hard is it to make over 50% 

[OK_Cat]

goddamnit, winterz

[EuroCat]

Winters, you're better than this.

[kso_FAN]

Winters you're okay.  While I'm not an advocate of FT% as a major college basketball talking point, hovering around 50% is pretty terrible and costly.  Frank, just get these guys to hit 65% and it will be all good.

[Havs]

Lets ask the 2008 Memphis Tigers.

[mcmwcat]

Lets ask the 2008 Memphis Tigers.

q: hey 2008 Memphis Tigers, how does it feel to have a 38-2 season? 

a: pretty amazing, thanks for asking. 

['taterblast]

Lets ask the 2008 Memphis Tigers.

q: hey 2008 Memphis Tigers, how does it feel to have a 38-2 season? 

a: pretty amazing, thanks for asking. 

[EMAWmeister]

Lets ask the 2008 Memphis Tigers.

q: hey 2008 Memphis Tigers, how does it feel to have a 38-2 season? 

a: pretty amazing, thanks for asking. 

More like 0-40.  Cal was their coach.

[skycat]

Winters you're okay.  While I'm not an advocate of FT% as a major college basketball talking point, hovering around 50% is pretty terrible and costly.  Frank, just get these guys to hit 65% and it will be all good.

Frank's concerned about the team's low FT%:

He mentions it at 0:42 and at length starting at 7:40.

FRANK IS A powerespect! 

[AzCat]

Move along, nothing to see here, the 'Cats still shoot a higher percentage from the line than Alabama A&M, St. Peter's & Eastern Michigan.  Call me when they're dead last.  

Besides, the top 5 FT shooting teams in college basketball have a collective 9-11 record right now.  F*cking helping them one whole hell of a lot isn't it Frank?  

 

[CNS]

Winters you're okay.  While I'm not an advocate of FT% as a major college basketball talking point, hovering around 50% is pretty terrible and costly.  Frank, just get these guys to hit 65% and it will be all good.

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Frank's concerned about the team's low FT%:

He mentions it at 0:42 and at length starting at 7:40.

FRANK IS A powerespect! 

not a tard, just playing to them

[kso_FAN]

Frank's talking point at the 7:40 mark is pretty much what most around here believe. FT% is way overrated as a talking point, but 50% is a bit ridiculous. As Frank said, not a worry, but a concern.

[cas4ksu]

FT% is way overrated as a talking point, but 50% is a bit ridiculous. As Frank said, not a worry, but a concern.

I guess I don't understand why FT% is way overrated.

[kso_FAN]

FT% is way overrated as a talking point, but 50% is a bit ridiculous. As Frank said, not a worry, but a concern.

I guess I don't understand why FT% is way overrated.

Talking about how teams used to shoot 90% and we should at least shoot 80% is what I'm talking about. The real measure for FTs is how many times you go to the line compared to shots you take. FT rate. But shooting 65% compared to 75% is relatively insignificant on the impact it has on scoring, like 2-3 ppg at the most. But most people still simply focus on %-age.

[sys]

But shooting 65% compared to 75% is relatively insignificant on the impact it has on scoring, like 2-3 ppg at the most.

yep.  like 60% is about as bad as any team can shoot over the course of a season.  and 75% is about as good as any team can shoot.


in a game with 20 ft attempts, those percentages translate to a 3 point difference.  it's not insignificant, but the impact doesn't match the level of fan rhetoric.

[AzCat]

Almost dead last.   If there is a God this will happen.   

[AbeFroman]

Almost dead last.   If there is a God this will happen.   

eff EASTERN MICHIGAN 

[AzCat]

Almost dead last.   If there is a God this will happen.   

eff EASTERN MICHIGAN 

And a hat tip to St. Peter's for the 14-18 performance from the line tonight to pull them up to their present lofty position.   

[kso_FAN]

Almost dead last.   If there is a God this will happen.   

eff EASTERN MICHIGAN 

Coincidence that Eastern Michigan football is the only team in D1 that gave up more rushing yards per carry (6.1 compared to 5.9) than the Cats?

I DON'T THINK SO!

[sonofdaxjones]

 

[Rage Against the McKee]

I think the average fan just gets pissed off about our free throw shooting because they think they could go out there and do better. Most of our fans are dumbasses and couldn't even shoot 10% (see that embarrassing promotion a couple of years ago where you got cash if you could make a free throw). A lot of people in the stands actually could shoot about 70-75%, though, and it's frustrating to watch division 1 athletes shoot so poorly, even if it doesn't amount to a whole lot of points.

[mcmwcat]

i think people get pissed off because 50% as a team is unacceptable and is in the bottom 1% of the national rankings.

[Stevesie60]

I think the average fan just gets pissed off about our free throw shooting because they think they could go out there and do better. Most of our fans are dumbasses and couldn't even shoot 10% (see that embarrassing promotion a couple of years ago where you got cash if you could make a free throw). A lot of people in the stands actually could shoot about 70-75%, though, and it's frustrating to watch division 1 athletes shoot so poorly, even if it doesn't amount to a whole lot of points.

We're still doing this. Up to $100 now.

[Doberman_CATS!!!]

Eastern Michigan beat Madonna... Wouldn't be the first gang bang for Madonna amirite?   

http://kenpom.com/team.php?team=Eastern Michigan

[Benja]

I think the average fan just gets pissed off about our free throw shooting because they think they could go out there and do better.

No, this is exactly what it is. Old white dudes with wrinkly balls who used to shoot ft's underhanded back in the 50's think this is the one thing they could do better than these youngsters, so they latch onto it, even though it's at the bottom of the important-things-we-should-do-better-to-win-more-basketball-games list.