Stat of the night: 60% free throws vs their 89%
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Most likely because they have a coaching staff that holds them accountable. Our staff wants to get through practice so they can put a Totino's in the microwave and start watching netflix.
When was the last time we were good at the FT line? I remember as far back as Stansbury we sucked at the line. Maybe one guy that shot them at 85% but everybody else was 65%.
I didn't watch the game last night, but I just took a look at the stats and the following stood out to me:
- Tennessee's 2nd-half shooting: FG 14-23 (61%); 3P 4-6 (67%); FT 5-5 (100%)
- MSU's 2nd-half FT shooting: 4-10 (40%)
- number of shots for the game: Tenn - 76 (57 FGs, 19 3Ps); MSU - 58 (44 FGs, 14 3Ps)
When your opponent shoots the ball like that in the 2nd half, it's hard to win the game.
If we make all of our FTs in the 2nd-half, then maybe there's a different outcome. 40% FT shooting is ****.
In my opinion, in every game, we want to take more shots than our opponent. That should be a goal for us.
Most every game I’ve watched, whether a W or an L and this has been the case. We are soft, all 5 don’t play hard every possession, on either O or D, they don’t hustle or always play with focused effort.
The horrible free throw shooting last night didn’t help but a lot of that is lack of focus and having a tough mentality.
Letting that fast little fellar beat us to the goal unopposed for a lay up multiple times didn't help matters.
61% shooting in the second half for UT is the stat of the game
Anytime you allow your opponent to shoot 61% you have lost the game. They shot 67% from the 3 and 100 percent from the line. We just aren't good enough to be in the tournament. Maybe a bubble team for the NIT.
Anytime you allow your opponent to shoot 61% you have lost the game. They shot 67% from the 3 and 100 percent from the line. We just aren't good enough to be in the tournament. Maybe a bubble team for the NIT.
But that will NEVER happen in this Ben Howland offense. I mean, ****, we were down 5 with 2 minutes left and Molinar couldn't even shake loose to dribble or pass the ball inside the 3 point line before 20 seconds drained from the shot clock. And if i remember right, on that possession we ended up turning it over without even getting a shot off. It's just ridiculous that THIS half court atrocity is all Howland can come up with in 2020's basketball. It DOES NOT WORK.
They took more shots based on our turnovers (16 to their 10 - caused mostly by their relentless defensive intensity) and their steals (13 to our 5). So they shot 50% and giving them 14 more posessions they made 14 more points than we did.
Add our dismal shooting and less than average defense in the 2nd half and its game over, game way over
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I think this is the stat of the game. When you take 18 fewer shots than your opponent, it's hard to win games.
The reason it seems this way is because our fans think we're bad at free throws even when we're not. I'm sure other fans are the same way, but we seem to expect 80% as a team, when that would actually be good enough to lead the nation some years.
In the last 4 years, we've been average twice (including this year), good once, and horrible once.
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