Wednesday, January 07, 2004

UConn's free throw woes rear their ugly head again

After their dismal performance at the line against GT, the brick showed up again, as they squeeked by Rutgers by one point:

From the article:
(Two) And it's the number of times top-ranked UConn has shot under 50% from the free-throw line this season (10-for-30 in their lone loss to Georgia Tech and 13-for-27 in Tuesday's one-point victory at Rutgers). If the Huskies don't get their free-throw woes corrected, they definitely won't finish the season as the nation's top team.

UConn is not the only team that needs to improve from the line. GT is shooting 65% from the line on the season. We have actually missed 90 free throws this year. 90. That's a lot of free point opportunities. We will need those points during ACC play so hopefully things will improve.

Having said that, how are the other ACC team doing in this area?

NC State.......76%
WF................71%
Duke.............69%
FSU...............68%
UNC..............66%
UVA...............66%
GT.................65%
Clemson........63%
MD.................58%