chapelbull Posted January 13, 2019 Group: Member Topic Count: 3 Content Count: 7,683 Reputation: 1,491 Days Won: 17 Joined: 08/27/2017 Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 hours ago, bcgruber said: X, Antun , Kiir and Collins, are decent as well. just need the right shooter at the line in end of game situations Rideau doesn't shoot well from the line and he gets there a ton which doesn't help the percentage, but it's tough to take him off the court being that he's a major catalyst for this team. And then there's Yetna who is going to get to the line with all the banging underneath and is only modestly better than Rideau Those guys have to be on the court, they're the major reasons for our success to this point. My guess is that if we are up at the end of the game, then CBG will do every thing he can to make sure the ball is in Brown, Lang, or Collins' hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinRicky Posted January 13, 2019 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 582 Content Count: 22,676 Reputation: 5,813 Days Won: 108 Joined: 09/13/2007 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, 79 Bull said: Can't hurt. the real shooters should try starting at the arc, take one dribble and do a jump shot. Hal Greer who played for the Sixers in the 60s used to shoot a jumper for his foul shots. Said he used it as practice for his jumper. Edit: Career 80% from the line. Edited January 13, 2019 by CousinRicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinRicky Posted January 13, 2019 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 582 Content Count: 22,676 Reputation: 5,813 Days Won: 108 Joined: 09/13/2007 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Oddly enough the guy I emulated as a kid was Greer's teammate Wali Jones. Can't find any video or stats for him. He would step back with one foot and slide the foot forward as he shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted January 13, 2019 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 96,987 Reputation: 10,808 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Data sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinRicky Posted January 13, 2019 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 582 Content Count: 22,676 Reputation: 5,813 Days Won: 108 Joined: 09/13/2007 Share Posted January 13, 2019 If only Justin Brown could play D and penetrate when he had the ball in his hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELdaBull Posted January 13, 2019 Group: Member Topic Count: 86 Content Count: 17,061 Reputation: 1,429 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/15/2005 Share Posted January 13, 2019 22 minutes ago, Brad said: Data sorted Thanks Brad. Like I said Lang and Brown only acceptable percentages you may include Antun and his limited attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoralSpringsBull Posted January 13, 2019 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 393 Reputation: 33 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/19/2004 Share Posted January 13, 2019 The first year of the USF men's basketball team, !970-1971, Tommie Davis, one of our guards, shot a jump shot to attempt his free throws like Hal Greer. Tommie was a very good free throw shooter. I know this first hand because I was a student manager for that first Golden Brahman basketbull team. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTrue Posted January 14, 2019 Group: Member Topic Count: 152 Content Count: 19,395 Reputation: 6,097 Days Won: 233 Joined: 01/13/2011 Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) Meh. I don't like the FT situation, but there's no magic coaching solution. It's probably a combination of a lot of things. Guys like Rideau are getting fouled on the way to the basket because they can't shoot. He wasn't much a FT guy at Gardner-Webb either. Some of it is in their heads at this point. And some of it is likely the result of us not being able to recruit and get guys with a well-rounded basketball skill-set. If Rideau could score like he has been AND shoot FTs at 75%, he probably wouldn't be here. Just like with football, we're not getting WR who can run fast, run the entire route-tree, AND catch anything thrown their way. Those guys go somewhere else. The ones that trickle down to us are lacking in some area and, hopefully, after a couple years, we can clean up whatever area is deficient. This team is really good right now for what it is. FTs are easy to pick on, but if we can make incremental gains throughout this year and next, show something to the next round of recruits, maybe we snag some guys who can score from the floor AND hit 75% from the line. Edited January 14, 2019 by JTrue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted January 14, 2019 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,610 Content Count: 74,509 Reputation: 10,798 Days Won: 422 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted January 14, 2019 What the FT situation does do is give those who appear to always need something to critique, something to critique .... and what makes them not look as foolish, considering the way the team is playing otherwise, is we're losing close games where ft shooting is a taylor made excuse for the losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned A Starr RIP Posted January 14, 2019 Group: Member Topic Count: 1 Content Count: 3,497 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 9 Joined: 09/25/2013 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Once Kelly gets the Outdoor Freethrow Practice Facilty built, and Cousin Ricky coaches the mid-night shift...the problem will be a thing of the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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