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Open Practice

Date/Time: Oct 11, 2024 ???
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Schedule for 2023-24
27-10

Poll

As I write this, Markus is 17-for-17 from the line. When will that first FT miss take place?

Next week. He'll crack under the pressure of our big 3-game stretch.
43 (29.1%)
After next week, but before we ring in 2018 due to overdose of eggnog.
19 (12.8%)
Jan. 12 at Butler. I'm making the trip to that game, so I guess I'll be the jinx.
19 (12.8%)
Next season. That's right ... he won't even miss when we're in the Final Four!
17 (11.5%)
Never. And that includes his 15-year NBA career.
44 (29.7%)
Other.
6 (4.1%)

Total Members Voted: 148

Author Topic: Will Markus ever miss a FT?  (Read 22253 times)

Floorslapper

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Re: Will Markus ever miss a FT?
« Reply #100 on: January 30, 2018, 10:25:52 AM »
Well, maybe he is tired from all the shots he is taking....37% shot usage in conference...a star player should be around 29% according to "Scorecasting", which is where Rowsey is.  Sam only at 17%.  He needs to be around 24% and that has to come from Markus.

Drop the mic. 

Feel the "ultimate green light," Wojo likes to say Markus has, needs to be dialed back.  His shot selection in Villanova game was absolutely terrible.  Rowsey plays far less hero ball, and that's saying something.  Need your best players taking the most shots, but Markus has gotten a little carried away.  He no longer even looks to pass to a teammate if he drives the lane.

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Re: Will Markus ever miss a FT?
« Reply #101 on: January 30, 2018, 01:02:03 PM »
Anyone think Marcus could have been injured on Sunday. Many of his misses were off the font of the rim....as he did not have enough lift.

Yes, watching him when he wasn't in the play, or back on defense early, he kept reaching for his lower back. Maybe hurt from one of the times he fell on the floor.

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Re: Will Markus ever miss a FT?
« Reply #102 on: January 31, 2018, 10:06:41 AM »
Yes, watching him when he wasn't in the play, or back on defense early, he kept reaching for his lower back. Maybe hurt from one of the times he fell on the floor.
Which is interesting from the perspective of the recent discussion that Markus needs to draw more contact when he drives the lane in order to get to the line vs. Wojo's comments earlier in the year about figuring out ways to keep Markus from hitting the floor as frequently.
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