Free Throws

[jayschool]

FT percentages for our three JUCO commits:

• Tominaga 41-of-49 for 83.7 percent
• Mayen 48-of-57 for 84.2 percent
• Allen 145-of-161 for 90.1 percent

 

Our top three FT shooters by number of attempts this year:

• Mack 50-of-87 for 57.5 percent
• Cheatham 55-of-85 for 64.7 percent
• Burke 35-of-65 for 53.8 percent

The only players with percentages higher than 65 percent are Thor (69 percent), Easley (69) and Kavas (68), but they have combined for a total of only 64 attempts on the season, and Kavas is now an empty-the-bench late-game sub.

 

Career FT percentages of our three transfer sit-out players:

• Stevenson 68-of-113 for 60.3 percent
• Walker 15-of-44 for 34.1 percent
• Banton 19-of-34 for 55.9 percent

[hhcmatt]

In 2001-02 Kimani Ffriend almost single-handedly drug Nebraska into the D-1 cellar of FT shooting as we finished 317th out of about 325 or so teams, making 59.3% of them.

This year's team is currently at 59.2% and I have yet to make the depressing slog into the record books to find a team that's been worse.

[hhcmatt]

In Cip's first year after taking over for Jerry Bush the team shot 55.5% from the line.

 

[Chuck Taylor]

FYI, Grant Simmons was drafted by the Bullets in 1966 and ended up playing for the ABA Denver Rockets. One of my early heroes.

[jayschool]

42 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

So, 1963-64 might be the basement for FT shooting.

 

In Cip's first year after taking over for Jerry Bush the team shot 55.5% from the line.

 

Pretty sure the hoop was smaller then. 

[Handy Johnson]

It’s often said the hardest thing in Sports is hitting a baseball, conversely, the easiest is making a free throw...

[colhusker]

11 hours ago, jayschool said:

FT percentages for our three JUCO commits:

• Tominaga 41-of-49 for 83.7 percent
• Mayen 48-of-57 for 84.2 percent
• Allen 145-of-161 for 90.1 percent

 

Our top three FT shooters by number of attempts this year:

• Mack 50-of-87 for 57.5 percent
• Cheatham 55-of-85 for 64.7 percent
• Burke 35-of-65 for 53.8 percent

The only players with percentages higher than 65 percent are Thor (69 percent), Easley (69) and Kavas (68), but they have combined for a total of only 64 attempts on the season, and Kavas is now an empty-the-bench late-game sub.

 

Career FT percentages of our three transfer sit-out players:

• Stevenson 68-of-113 for 60.3 percent
• Walker 15-of-44 for 34.1 percent
• Banton 19-of-34 for 55.9 percent

One of the things this staff HAS to improve.  No reason for being this bad.