Free Throw Shooting Improvement

[lamb740]

Before our game against Oakland on Jan. 10, we were shooting 64.5% from the line, good for 285th in the country. 

Nov15: 10/21 (47%)

Nov17: 10/19 (53%)

Nov22: 15/21 (71%)

Nov25: 20/27 (74%)

Nov30: 25/32 (78%)

Dec04: 14/18 (78%)

Dec06: 15/21 (71%)

Dec08: 17/25 (68%)

Dec13:  8/13 (62%)

Dec17: 11/19 (58%)

Dec20: 12/20 (60%)

Dec21: 20/29 (69%)

Dec22: 17/30 (57%)

Dec28:  6/12 (50%)

Jan02: 20/34 (59%)

Jan08: 11/17 (65%)

231/358 (64.5%)

Since then, however, we've shot 76.5%, which if averaged throughout the whole season, would be good for 12th in the country. 

Jan10: 16/21 (76%)

Jan15: 15/17 (88%)

Jan17: 16/23 (70%)

Jan22: 25/31 (81%)

Jan24: 16/23 (70%)

88/115 (76.5%)

Another interesting stat to note while looking on KenPom...the free throw shooting of Utah teams!  Coincidence??

(National Rank)

#2 Utah - 79.8%

#4 Southern Utah - 79.2%

#6 Utah Valley - 78.2%

#30 Utah St. - 74.2%

[tmh8286]

Good stuff there, lamb740!

I don't know why the FT shooting turnaround, but it's very noticable, particularly with M dot.

I heard Scott say in an interview that they'd been spending a lot of time working on free throws, and that in particular Marcus had been spending a lot of extra time in the gym.