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8 years 2 months ago #4403 by konza63

That was a really gritty win tonight. The 2nd half giveaway of a 17-point lead was unpleasant, to say the least, but it's semi-explainable when you look at the foul trouble, diminished minutes, and ultimate departure of Lucas and Jamari--coupled with the injuries to Perry that took him out of a huge swatch of that half.

But the true fly in the ointment, skunk at the garden party, or (blank) in the punch bowl was FREE THROW SHOOTING.

What is up with this team at the line? Some nights we have no problem, but far too often we just stink at the line as a team. Tonight was the latter. 18-30 for a putrid 60 percent. This tendency really needs to get nipped in the bud before the post-season commences, or it will bite us big-time. I really don't want to witness another "Syracuse moment" in the Dance...

“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”

1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.

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8 years 2 months ago #4416 by hairyhawk

I would say the stats do not even tell the whole story. We have been very bad about missing the front end of 1 and 1s. Last night was no exception. I believe in the first half we missed every one of them.

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8 years 2 months ago - 8 years 2 months ago #4419 by CorpusJayhawk

KOnza, there may be some things to worry about with this team but shooting is not one of them. Look at the stats below. This team has the Best Shooting Efficiency of any team at least back to 1990. As for FT shooting, this team has been decent but not great at 69.8% for the season. And other than the Kentucky game (53.6%) and the K-State game (60%) we have been shooting very well from the FT line the last 9 games.

-----------------------------------KU SHOOTING - GAME---------------------------------								
  	        	  	  KU  	  KU  	  KU  	      	  KU  	  KU  
         	                	  	  Tot 	  2Pt 	  3Pt 	  KU  	  FG  	 Shoot
Gm	  Date  	Opponent         	  FG% 	  FG% 	  FG% 	  FT% 	EffFG%	  SE% 
--	--------	-----------------	------	------	------	------	------	------
27	02/20/16	Kansas St.       	 50.0%	 60.0%	 33.3%	 60.0%	 56.3%	 57.1%
26	02/15/16	Oklahoma St.     	 50.0%	 48.8%	 52.4%	 76.0%	 58.6%	 61.4%
25	02/13/16	Oklahoma         	 46.3%	 50.0%	 42.3%	 75.0%	 56.5%	 59.4%
24	02/09/16	West Virginia    	 56.1%	 66.7%	 41.2%	 81.5%	 64.6%	 68.8%
23	02/06/16	TCU              	 50.0%	 63.9%	 27.3%	 84.6%	 55.2%	 58.1%
22	02/03/16	Kansas St.       	 55.1%	 64.5%	 38.9%	 72.7%	 62.2%	 64.2%
21	01/30/16	Kentucky         	 46.4%	 46.2%	 47.1%	 63.8%	 53.6%	 56.6%
20	01/25/16	Iowa St.         	 50.0%	 58.5%	 29.4%	 75.0%	 54.3%	 56.3%
19	01/23/16	Texas            	 40.3%	 40.5%	 40.0%	 88.9%	 48.4%	 53.5%
18	01/19/16	Oklahoma St.     	 42.1%	 51.4%	 27.3%	 52.0%	 47.4%	 48.2%
17	01/16/16	TCU              	 43.3%	 52.5%	 25.0%	 68.4%	 47.5%	 50.4%
16	01/12/16	West Virginia    	 41.7%	 35.7%	 50.0%	 61.9%	 52.1%	 53.8%
15	01/09/16	Texas Tech       	 41.8%	 42.4%	 40.9%	 87.5%	 50.0%	 54.8%
14	01/04/16	Oklahoma         	 42.6%	 40.3%	 50.0%	 78.3%	 48.4%	 51.7%
13	01/02/16	Baylor           	 53.7%	 52.1%	 57.9%	 79.2%	 61.9%	 64.6%
12	12/29/15	UC Irvine        	 47.1%	 55.9%	 29.4%	 75.8%	 52.0%	 57.8%
11	12/22/15	San Diego St.    	 42.6%	 42.9%	 42.1%	 90.9%	 49.2%	 52.6%
10	12/19/15	Montana          	 56.9%	 61.9%	 43.8%	 78.9%	 62.9%	 65.2%
9 	12/12/15	Oregon St.       	 53.6%	 57.5%	 43.8%	 60.0%	 59.8%	 59.9%
8 	12/09/15	Holy Cross       	 63.0%	 64.7%	 60.0%	100.0%	 74.1%	 76.7%
7 	12/05/15	Harvard          	 47.5%	 48.9%	 42.9%	 52.0%	 52.5%	 52.4%
6 	12/01/15	Loyola (MD.)     	 50.7%	 54.7%	 40.0%	 46.2%	 56.2%	 54.7%
5 	11/25/15	Vanderbilt       	 45.5%	 43.6%	 50.0%	 54.5%	 52.7%	 53.0%
4 	11/24/15	UCLA             	 54.2%	 61.1%	 43.5%	 85.7%	 62.7%	 66.2%
3 	11/23/15	Chaminade        	 64.4%	 72.7%	 51.7%	 70.0%	 74.7%	 74.1%
2 	11/17/15	Michigan St.     	 34.8%	 39.2%	 20.0%	 80.0%	 37.1%	 45.1%
1 	11/13/15	Northern Colorado	 58.3%	 58.8%	 57.7%	 76.5%	 69.2%	 70.8%
36	03/22/15	Wichita St.      	 35.1%	 38.9%	 28.6%	 82.6%	 40.4%	 47.4%
35	03/20/15	New Mexico St.   	 54.0%	 48.6%	 69.2%	 80.0%	 63.0%	 65.2%
34	03/14/15	Iowa St.         	 37.7%	 36.6%	 41.7%	 91.3%	 42.5%	 51.2%
33	03/13/15	Baylor           	 42.9%	 48.6%	 25.0%	 63.0%	 45.9%	 49.6%
32	03/12/15	TCU              	 48.9%	 59.0%	  0.0%	 62.1%	 48.9%	 52.0%
31	03/07/15	Oklahoma         	 38.1%	 39.6%	 33.3%	 80.0%	 42.1%	 48.3%
30	03/03/15	West Virginia    	 41.2%	 58.3%	  0.0%	 79.1%	 41.2%	 52.4%
29	02/28/15	Texas            	 36.2%	 40.0%	 12.5%	 81.3%	 37.1%	 46.6%
28	02/23/15	Kansas St.       	 39.3%	 46.5%	 15.4%	 77.3%	 41.1%	 47.0%

---------------------------KU SHOOTING - SEASON--------------------------								
    	   	      	  KU  	  KU  	  KU  	      	  KU  	  KU  
    	   	 Score	  Tot 	  2Pt 	  3Pt 	  KU  	  FG  	 Shoot
Year	Gms	Margin	  FG% 	  FG% 	  FG% 	  FT% 	EffFG%	  SE% 
----	---	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
2016	11 	  22.7	 51.9%	 54.6%	 46.3%	 69.8%	 59.1%	 60.8%
2015	36 	   6.3	 44.0%	 46.4%	 37.9%	 72.4%	 49.4%	 53.4%
2014	36 	   8.6	 49.3%	 55.5%	 34.0%	 70.9%	 54.2%	 57.4%
2013	37 	  13.2	 48.1%	 52.9%	 36.4%	 73.7%	 53.3%	 56.7%
2012	39 	  11.7	 47.2%	 52.5%	 34.5%	 69.2%	 52.3%	 55.1%
2011	38 	  16.5	 50.8%	 56.8%	 38.2%	 67.8%	 57.0%	 58.8%
2010	36 	  17.4	 48.9%	 52.7%	 40.4%	 69.9%	 55.1%	 57.7%
2009	35 	  11.0	 47.8%	 52.2%	 37.1%	 72.5%	 53.2%	 56.4%
2008	40 	  19.0	 50.8%	 55.5%	 39.7%	 70.2%	 56.7%	 58.8%
2007	38 	  16.7	 49.4%	 52.8%	 39.6%	 66.0%	 54.5%	 56.3%
2006	33 	  13.8	 47.4%	 51.1%	 38.0%	 67.2%	 52.8%	 54.9%
2005	31 	   9.5	 47.6%	 52.7%	 36.7%	 69.5%	 53.4%	 56.0%
2004	33 	   8.6	 46.5%	 51.9%	 33.5%	 70.6%	 51.4%	 54.5%
2003	38 	  15.8	 49.4%	 54.1%	 33.5%	 65.6%	 53.2%	 55.2%
2002	37 	  16.2	 50.6%	 53.1%	 41.7%	 71.9%	 55.1%	 57.6%
2001	33 	  12.8	 50.2%	 53.5%	 39.4%	 65.9%	 54.8%	 56.6%
2000	34 	   8.6	 46.0%	 49.0%	 34.3%	 65.0%	 49.5%	 51.5%
1999	33 	   7.6	 44.8%	 48.4%	 34.2%	 66.0%	 49.1%	 51.7%
1998	39 	  17.2	 49.3%	 53.0%	 37.5%	 68.1%	 53.8%	 55.8%
1997	36 	  18.8	 48.8%	 52.0%	 37.9%	 69.4%	 53.2%	 56.2%
1996	34 	  14.9	 45.5%	 51.5%	 32.6%	 65.6%	 50.7%	 53.3%
1995	31 	  14.0	 47.5%	 53.1%	 35.0%	 66.4%	 52.9%	 55.2%
1994	35 	  12.1	 47.0%	 50.0%	 37.9%	 63.3%	 51.7%	 53.6%
1993	36 	  14.6	 51.5%	 54.9%	 40.8%	 68.3%	 57.2%	 59.0%
1992	32 	  16.4	 51.5%	 55.3%	 38.9%	 64.3%	 56.0%	 57.6%
1991	35 	  14.6	 51.8%	 55.7%	 39.5%	 62.2%	 56.5%	 57.6%
1990	35 	  19.7	 53.3%	 56.4%	 43.3%	 68.1%	 58.4%	 60.0%

Don't worry about the mules, just load the wagon!!

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8 years 2 months ago #4420 by newtonhawk

Ok. Maybe it's just me, but there have been many times where I have sensed a lack of focus from the guys while at the line. I know there's been a lot of discussion of this topic in the past, but mental focus must accompany the rhythm and repeatable motion needed for successful freethrow shooting. Honestly, I sometimes think I am seeing some "bobblehead motions" from a couple of the guys in their effort to stay loose.

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8 years 2 months ago #4422 by hairyhawk

My concern that these stats do not show is how many front ends of 1 and 1 this team has missed. I understand that is picking nits but darn it I want perfection.

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8 years 2 months ago #4424 by konza63

Concur completely, Hairyhawk. That is my concern too.

Corpus, I didn't question our shooting from the floor, which has been steady. I questioned our consistency at the line. We've seen enough there this year to know we are capable of a truly bad night from the stripe--which in the tourney can be the difference in advancing or going home depressed.

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8 years 2 months ago #4429 by Hawknmo

As others have posted this does seem to be the anomoly game. But as others have also posted 70% for the year is not that great. I too fear that the anomoly game happens in March. It never seems to happen in January. To this point I have thought this team was always pretty focused at the line in "big" games (75 & 80% vs OU and WVU second games). But yesterday should have been "big" as well for lots of reasons. Only seniors had won there, seperation from OU & WVU, in State rivalry....all pretty big motivators I would think, but for whatever reason the focus wasn't there. No big deal if you like having a consistently great team with 25 wins. Huge deal if you dread the finality of a one and done tournament.

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