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Tuesday 12/2 - Home vs. William & Mary @ 7:00 PM
Saturday 12/6 - Home vs. Stony Brook @ 2:00 PM
Wednesday 12/10 - Away vs. Boise State @ 9:00 PM
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Is This Of Any Concern?
Someone on the board recently posted that the team appears to play to the level of the competition, and I do think that is one explanation for our pattern of close scores in conference play this year (good and bad). The team will overcome this in time as it continues to grow and improve.
But it is another current trend that concerns me as we head towards conference playoffs--foul shooting. There is a disturbing downward direction in made shots since the beginning of the year. Whether fatigue, concentration, or other matters is the cause, I see this as a growing soft spot in our game. The foul shooting can, and will, bite us in the butt at some point unless the issue is corrected. Has anyone noticed this?
- phil95
- Marquis
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Re: Is This Of Any Concern?
You have hit the nail on the head. TDM Steele, & Marcus seem most affected.
I was pleased to see Weathers get the last 2 against GMU. Perhaps that spins him back in a positive, confident direction.
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Re: Is This Of Any Concern?
I've definitely noticed and it definitely is a concern. We used to be one of the best in the country from the line, now we are mediocre. Usually I'd say it is just fatigue setting in, but if you listen to the interview with Sin that was posted the other day he also said he doesn't shoot a lot of free throws. So maybe it just hasn't been a big enough part of practice recently.
We got off to a great start from the line, going 9 of 10 against Princeton. With the exception of the Air Force game, we were pretty good through the non-conference. We reached a season high (at least with a big enough sample size) after the Austin Peay game. Through 10 games we were shooting 80.1 percent as a team, which would be good for first in the country now. It's been pretty much all downhill since then. We've shot just 68.1 percent since, and are now at a season low team rate of 72.0 percent. That puts us at 139th in the country out of 353 teams.
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Re: Is This Of Any Concern?
I'll post the individual splits between conference and non-conference here. It's especially trending downwards since the Dukes shot well even for the first 2 conference home games and then...yeah, it's a little worrisome
Weathers 79.1 - 64.5
Carry 86.5 - 71.4
Hughes 69.2 - 63.8
Dunn-Martin 87.5 - 79.3
Steele 75 - 61.5
Austin 84.6 - 60
(No one else has a sample size large enough to matter)
Duquesne 79.2 - 66.9
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- luckymcd
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Re: Is This Of Any Concern?
On the other hand, we're 19th in the country in free throw percentage defense. If anyone can come up with a way we actually contribute to that it might bring some optimism. In reality though we've probably just gotten lucky so far. Let's hope that luck doesn't run out at the worst time.
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Re: Is This Of Any Concern?
I’m probably the guilty party concerning the playing to the level of competition comment. They hang with Dayton and then lose to or struggle with UMASS or Mason. Most of this is due to intensity and answering the challenge. If the challenge isn’t there, neither it s the intensity. KD references this
In his post game.
One thing that kills our free throw percentage is the lack of enough rims to practice until the Coop opens. Both guys and the women need some quality time there.
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Re: Is This Of Any Concern?
coffee wrote:
One thing that kills our free throw percentage is the lack of enough rims to practice until the Coop opens. Both guys and the women need some quality time there.
Well, that's been proven untrue in the other thread. Maybe they just feel more pressure in close games. Who knows.
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Re: Is This Of Any Concern?
One thing that kills our free throw percentage is the lack of enough rims to practice until the Coop opens. Both guys and the women need some quality time there.
Well, that's been proven untrue in the other thread. Maybe they just feel more pressure in close games. Who knows.
Well yes and no. The other thread was wrong about there only being one rim. On the other hand, coach has said several times they have to practice in the morning to get court time. So although the Power Center is adequate for practice, the time is still limited since the men’s team, women’s team, and students are all sharing it.
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