FT shooting

[WSUwatcher]

In another thread, I saw a worry from a while back about WSU's free throw shooting last year -- certainly an understandable concern for much of the season.

But the percentage rose as the season progressed, finishing at a fairly passable (although hardly noteworthy) .686. More important, though, the combined percentage of the returning players (now with Chamberlain announcing his departure) is .701, and only Hawkins is an outlier at .609 -- the next worst are Ellis and Durley (.676 and .677). And the likely starting guards, Hannah and Murry, combined to shoot a respectable .744 between them, with Murry already over 75% and probably a good candidate to improve.

[Rosewood]

Few things upset me more than missed Free Throws.

[pie n eye]

No doubt. It's been said over and over but they call the thing a FREE throw for a reason.

[xazshox]

Clemente

Ramon Clemente started off the season shooting FT's at around a 0.470 % clip; over the last third of the season, he improved in a remarkalbe manner to the point where we didnt' dread his going to the line in the late stages of a game.

[pie n eye]

Ramon's inability to consistently make free throws was strange. I thought the guy had decent form from the line but for whatever reason they didn't fall. I guess towards the end of the season they took away all his negative energy? Or at least that's the explanation I think he and GM gave. I remember a caller on the pre-game talking about a paper he wrote on the science of free throws, maybe they talked to him?

[wu_shizzle]

Ramon's inability to consistently make free throws was strange. I thought the guy had decent form from the line but for whatever reason they didn't fall. I guess towards the end of the season they took away all his negative energy? Or at least that's the explanation I think he and GM gave. I remember a caller on the pre-game talking about a paper he wrote on the science of free throws, maybe they talked to him?

Maybe they did pray about his negative energy, but I think the term is negative motion.