86.4% from the free throw line

[Chihorn]

19 - 22 Wow - can't remember the last time we came close to that percentage with as many attempts. All around great game.

 

[GemStateJim]

It was like another team at the foul line tonight.

It would've been 20 for 23 but one of Tristan's makes was disallowed after a lane violation from Wangmene.

 

[AustinTejasFan]

I'd love to see that continue for a couple of months.

 

[NorthernNJHorn]

Wangmene went 6 for 6.

Coach Knight was gushing all over Wangmene's soft touch and sound mechanics in his free throw stroke. Hopefully, he earned some more PT at end-of-half and end-of-game situations for that.

Tristan Thompson's stroke seems to be improving by the day, too.

If it wasn't for Cory Joseph's two misses -- one was the front end of 1 and 1, it would've been even better.

 

[Whiterock Horn]

Nice improvement. Need to see Thomopson really improve in this area.

 

[gdu]

Wangmene was unbelievable at the line.

We beat A&M at their game. (FTs and rebounds)

 

[ProdigalHorn]

The reason I'm not shocked by this is that both Wagmene and Thompson have good strokes and SHOULD be able to shoot free throws. Gary Johnson too, although his percentage has been gradually increasing since he's been here so I expect him to be at least solid there.

It seems to me that with very few exceptions (J'Covan Brown for example), nobody comes into college as a good free throw shooter (meaning 80-85 percent). Considering they completely restructured Thompson's delivery, I'm not surprised it's taken him a while, but the last couple of games it seems like it's starting to click for him.

 

[Namewithheld]

If we consistently shot like that we would not have lost a game in two years............(OK maybe a little hyperbole but you get the picture)

 

[Bigtex112]

When we sat 10 for 10 I knew it was the good guy's night.

 

[Third Coast]

Thompson does have pretty good form, except that he has a tendency to shoot the ball very flat. I know it has been said that he is working on putting more arc on his free throws.

Cory Joseph is just the opposite. Sometimes I think he puts too much arc on his moon balls.

 

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[daytonhorn]

Acie Law put up some rainbows versus Texas in Durant's last home game, and they mostly went swish. The more vertical the shot as it approached the hoop, the bigger the hoop effectively is, but the farther the ball has to travel. We need some rocket scientists to determine the optimum approach angle to the basket. Where is the slope of the curve zero of the function of least distance of ball travel and greatest effective area of basket. The area of the basket would range from a straight line (horizontal shot) with zero area>spheroid (like a bisected football along its major axis)>circle. However, another factor to consider is the rebound of a missed shot. Would a rebound from a missed rainbow bounce higher allowing the offensive rebounder more time to work around a blockout?

 

[GemStateJim]

Today's 25-of-31 effort (80.6 percent) has already been noted elsewhere, but I thought it was worth a bump here.

Over the past two games, our 'Horns have converted 83 percent (44 of 53) of their free throws. That's remarkable, particularly for a team that had been averaging less than 65 percent.

Huge props to Tristan for reworking his stroke. His most recent free throws seem to have more arc on them.

 

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