CameronCrazy 1,062 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 If we make our free throws tonight then we win by 35+ easy. No, it didn't hurt us in this game, but it will cost us a game in the future. It's so frustrating to watch Auburn teams struggle with this every year! It's especially tough to watch guards (not big men) struggle with making a shot where no one is guarding you and you can take your time. There's just no excuse! You HAVE to do the little, fundamental aspects of this game if you EVER expect to be in the same league as the big boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFAN78 3,911 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 1 minute ago, CameronCrazy said: If we make our free throws tonight then we win by 35+ easy. No, it didn't hurt us in this game, but it will cost us a game in the future. It's so frustrating to watch Auburn teams struggle with this every year! It's especially tough to watch guards (not big men) struggle with making a shot where no one is guarding you and you can take your time. There's just no excuse! You HAVE to do the little, fundamental aspects of this game if you EVER expect to be in the same league as the big boys. I haven't seen the stats. What were our percentages from the line and field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronCrazy 1,062 Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 We were 25-42 from the line. That's pathetic. We had a chance to run away with it early and crush their spirit, but we allowed them to hang around. Thankfully, our press wore them down mentally and physically in the 2nd half. They didn't have the depth to keep competing at a high level. We will not be that fortunate against some future opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aufan57 922 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighfan 1,240 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I feel your pain. I can't remember a season when Auburn was good from the FT line. You are absolutely right, it didn't cost us tonight but it will in the future just like it's done in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aufan57 922 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Surprised by the players who shot worse from the line. Harper, Brown & Heron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weagle98 119 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 It was odd last night. It seemed they would miss the first and then hit the second about every time. Very frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDynasty 585 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 How about that? Heron 8-8 from the field which includes playing action with defenders on him, and 7-13 from the charity stripe when there's no defenders on him at all. 17 missed free-throws won't cut it in conference play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallgraycat 33 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I am not a big fan of the changes in the way fouls are called, but if this is the way ref are going to call fouls, then hitting free throw is more important now than in the past. A team's ability to shut free throw will win or lose several games this year. Let me add, it slows the game down and changes the tempo of the game. Players will have to make adjustments in the way they have played all of their careers. With several calls, you could tell the players were like what did I do or I didn't touch the guy. In my opinion, toward the end of the game, when the outcome had been decided, the ref did not make so many questionable calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravejd 3,270 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Heron and Harper are going to spend a LOT of time at the free throw line this year. So they need to get comfortable there quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,827 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yep. In games where our margin of error is very slim we will undoubtedly look at our team FT stats as being a huuuuge hurdle to have to overcome. Leaving 17 points unclaimed last night is ROUGH. I wonder how many of those were front ends of 1 and 1s. Yikes. IDK how you can improve it either, some players just can't shoot FTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JwgreDeux 1,279 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 For what ever it is worth, here are the percentages and rankings of team FT% from last seasons Elite 8: Villanova 78.2% #2 Virginia 75.2% #17 North Carolina 74.7% #26 Notre Dame 74.2% #34 Oklahoma 72.2% #89 Oregon 71.4% #116 Kansas 71.3% #119 Syracuse 68.8% #213 UConn was #1 at 79.3% and Auburn was #337 at 63.2% (out of 346 teams) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronCrazy 1,062 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoundationEagle 637 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 24 minutes ago, CameronCrazy said: Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charhair 345 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 One thing I noticed on a couple of players FT attempts, most of all Ware, was a lack of proper form. One of his attempts, he literally went through three separate motions with pauses in between them in between the time he moved the ball past his waist until he released it. It made me cringe. He made a perfect shot on the next attenpt. whether the problem was not knowing what he was doing or realizing and fixing it in between shots, it's a free throw. You sit up there unguarded and take a second to yourself to make sure you don't make any mistakes like that. You've gotta take them seriously. If we'd made 3 more against TT throughout the course of the game, we aren't even worried about a last second shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronCrazy 1,062 Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Mustapha Heron is 1-5 from the FT line today. Lang just bricked two free throws. This completely unacceptable when we're trying to knock off Kentucky at Rupp. So frustrating to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombigbeetiger 223 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 free throw shooting may end up being the difference today....this could very well be a 2-3 point game right now if we were good from the line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyAU 3,633 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I don't understand how we could be this bad for this many years in FT shooting. It's beyond imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,827 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 No matter who the coach is, who the players are, or what decade it is we have been a bad FT shooting team for as long as I can remember. Very odd. I had heard Harper was a solid to good FT shooter in high school but he has struggled since being at AU. Hopefully he gets closer to his HS FT shooting % soon because our margin of error isn't big enough to be so poor at the FT line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerbrotha12 2,362 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Here is a list of the last 9 seasons of free throw shooting for Auburn Basketball (all I could find). I have included the percentage and NCAA rank for that year. % Rank 2008-2009: 60.7% 338 2009-2010: 65.4 % 281 2010-2011: 65.3 % 284 2011-2012: 64.8% 300 2012-2013: 70% 158 2013-2014: 72% 97 2014-2015: 66.7% 260 2015-2016: 63.3% 341 2016-2017: 68.9% 195 (Current) AVG: 66.3%. 250 Years at 70%+: 2 Years ranked inside top 100: 1 Years Inside top 68: 0 Years Under AVG pct. : 5 Years Under AVG rank: 6 Years under average points out that there have been many years that have been bad, and a few really good years (relatively) that have boosted up the averages. It's tough shooting FTs for Auburn. Ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighfan 1,240 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 When Auburn gets a team in foul trouble they are so bad at the charity stripe they can't take advantage. Did anyone see LaRon Smith at the free throw line Tuesday night against Missouri? Not only is he pathetic but late in the game Auburn doesn't appear to have anyone they can put in who can consistently hit free throws. It gets so discouraging to watch the other teams nail shots from the free throw line while but when Auburn goes to the FT line it is definitely an adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charhair 345 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 38 minutes ago, milehighfan said: When Auburn gets a team in foul trouble they are so bad at the charity stripe they can't take advantage. Did anyone see LaRon Smith at the free throw line Tuesday night against Missouri? Not only is he pathetic but late in the game Auburn doesn't appear to have anyone they can put in who can consistently hit free throws. It gets so discouraging to watch the other teams nail shots from the free throw line while but when Auburn goes to the FT line it is definitely an adventure. DP and Harper both seem consistent with their FT shooting. Our problem FT % wise is DP, JH, MH (the guys we would expect to hit high %) don't take it to the rim very much. I would imagine we have some of the lowest total FTs taken in the country. And when we do get there, it usually seems to be people like Laron, Spencer and Wiley most of the time (shooting fouls that is). I haven't looked at any stats to confirm that but usually it seems like the teams who get to the line more shoot higher percentages because their guards and forwards are drawing shooting fouls too. hoping with the more size being added in this next class (Davion and okeke for example) we start banging around inside more and more. Just my $0.02 on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aufan57 922 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 12 minutes ago, Charhair said: I would imagine we have some of the lowest total FTs taken in the country. Surprisingly, Auburn is tied for 34th in FT attempts with 449. Only SEC team with more ft attempts is Kentucky at 455. http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/638 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charhair 345 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 1 hour ago, aufan57 said: Surprisingly, Auburn is tied for 34th in FT attempts with 449. Only SEC team with more ft attempts is Kentucky at 455. http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/638 Interesting. Sure seems like we're shooting a lot less compared to other games I watch. Too much of the pros I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 10 hours ago, aufan57 said: Surprisingly, Auburn is tied for 34th in FT attempts with 449. Only SEC team with more ft attempts is Kentucky at 455. http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/638 Attempts is the key word....think most teams prefer to foul one of our big guys rather than allow an easy basket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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