FREE THROW ISSUES

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I’ll just leave this here.

Marquette ranks 348/362 in FTRate (how often you get to the free throw line) hence our placement on your graph.

Please don't make me do the math again to show how insignificant being an elite FT% team would be

[MU82]

I had a discussion with an MU fan while watching a game a few years ago that went like this:

Him: “Damn, another missed free throw.”

Me: “He’s actually done pretty well. He’s 3 for 4.”

Him: “That’s not good enough! They’re FREE throws. Gotta make ‘em!”

Me: “So what’s an acceptable percentage to you?”

Him: “90% - at least.”

Me: “Just about all of the best free-throw shooters in basketball history didn’t even make 90%.”

Him: “I don’t care. We gotta make our free throws.”

[Hards Alumni]

Marquette ranks 348/362 in FTRate (how often you get to the free throw line) hence our placement on your graph.

Please don't make me do the math again to show how insignificant being an elite FT% team would be

[lawdog77]

Grandpa type of conversation going on.

Is it Friday yet?

[YaBlueIt]

Marquette ranks 348/362 in FTRate (how often you get to the free throw line) hence our placement on your graph.

Please don't make me do the math again to show how insignificant being an elite FT% team would be

Believe it or not, I posted the graph because I agree with you. We don't rely on free throws to get points.

[21Jumpstreet]

It’s a midrange shot, they no matta

[BCHoopster]

In that Colorado game, Tre Norman and Ben Gold went 0-4, the worse part of those shots were not even close to going in.  As MU should have been up 15-18 points in first half. Colorado players were excited that they were only down 11, which they took care of in 2 minutes.

[Its DJOver]

In that Colorado game, Tre Norman and Ben Gold went 0-4, the worse part of those shots were not even close to going in.  As MU should have been up 15-18 points in first half. Colorado players were excited that they were only down 11, which they took care of in 2 minutes.

Tre did not play. Ben went 0-2, TKO 1-2, Stevie 1-2, Jop 2-2.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401638625

Sorry the facts don't fit your agenda.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Believe it or not, I posted the graph because I agree with you. We don't rely on free throws to get points.

I thought that might be the case,  apologies!

[tower912]

In that Colorado game, Tre Norman and Ben Gold went 0-4, the worse part of those shots were not even close to going in.  As MU should have been up 15-18 points in first half. Colorado players were excited that they were only down 11, which they took care of in 2 minutes.

LoL

[lawdog77]

In that Colorado game, Tre Norman and Ben Gold went 0-4, the worse part of those shots were not even close to going in.  As MU should have been up 15-18 points in first half. Colorado players were excited that they were only down 11, which they took care of in 2 minutes.

Actually, Colorado saw MU shooting free throws during warmups and were pumped that we were missing so many. That was their motivation.

[WhiteTrash]

In that Colorado game, Tre Norman and Ben Gold went 0-4, the worse part of those shots were not even close to going in.  As MU should have been up 15-18 points in first half. Colorado players were excited that they were only down 11, which they took care of in 2 minutes.

Please remind me how many points "close to going in" free throws are worth?

[TSmith34, Inc.]

In that Colorado game, Tre Norman and Ben Gold went 0-4, the worse part of those shots were not even close to going in.  As MU should have been up 15-18 points in first half. Colorado players were excited that they were only down 11, which they took care of in 2 minutes.

[StillAWarrior]

In that Colorado game, Tre Norman and Ben Gold went 0-4, the worse part of those shots were not even close to going in.  As MU should have been up 15-18 points in first half. Colorado players were excited that they were only down 11, which they took care of in 2 minutes.

Doing some quick research on debating tactics and social media dynamics. Would you say that including an obvious and demonstrably false statement in your post helped you or hurt you in making your point?

[MU82]

Tad Boyle at halftime:

"Everybody listen! Did you see Tre Norman's free throws? Neither did I because he wasn't even in the game, but that's not the point! If he was in the game, he'd have missed as bad as Gold Brick did! And that matters, because bad free throw misses actually make their point total go down! So let's get out there and foul them more - maybe even foul Joplin with a few seconds to go cuz he'll pull a Tre Norman for sure! We got this!!!"

[NickelDimer]

Believe it or not, I posted the graph because I agree with you. We don't rely on free throws to get points.

I got what you were pointing out fwiw. Also looking at NC State’s rate, I’m glad we don’t foul much and hopefully the refs don’t suddenly get tight.