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39
36
Those are the FTA numbers for our 3 tough games. Our defense, to this point, may hold people to low FG% numbers, but we give that back (and more) from the line. We will not be decent defensively until we stop giving our opponents 30-40 FTAs per game. It doesn't matter how hard we defend if we bail our opponents out.
Right now, we lose to ANY decent team that can shoot free-throws and shoot 35% from the field. VCU couldn't. Tennessee did. Our offense is not good enough for our defense to give good opponents any extra chances to score. If we played Creighton today, we'd lose because they can shoot free-throws. If we play Illinois State today, we'd lose (MVC tournament last year?). UNI? I think we lose.
So please, don't say "our defense is good" until we start keeping our opponent off the line. It simply is not true. We didn't play good defense today, and we lost because of it.
39
36
Those are the FTA numbers for our 3 tough games. Our defense, to this point, may hold people to low FG% numbers, but we give that back (and more) from the line. We will not be decent defensively until we stop giving our opponents 30-40 FTAs per game. It doesn't matter how hard we defend if we bail our opponents out.
Right now, we lose to ANY decent team that can shoot free-throws and shoot 35% from the field. VCU couldn't. Tennessee did. Our offense is not good enough for our defense to give good opponents any extra chances to score. If we played Creighton today, we'd lose because they can shoot free-throws. If we play Illinois State today, we'd lose (MVC tournament last year?). UNI? I think we lose.
So please, don't say "our defense is good" until we start keeping our opponent off the line. It simply is not true. We didn't play good defense today, and we lost because of it.
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