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Question, were jersey #s the same for this tournament as for their IU #? I don't know them well enough yet to know who's who. One thing from reviewing stats, very low statistical range, but FT shooting for some of our key players (Harris, Sherrell, Sisley, etc..) wasn't great. Hate to give away the bunnies and with as often as Sherrell and Burton especially might get to the line, be great if they are knocking them down at 75%+. I know I can look it up, but do you know offhand what Sherrell shot on FT% last year? If he's wanting to expand his range to include 3 pt shooting, he should be above 75% on FTs, in my opinion. Ironically the freshmen knocked down there FTs. Sounds like we got a real find in Prince!
@kkott on IU's site they dont have numbers assigned. I am going to go out on a limb and say yes, they will be the same.
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I'll never understand not making free throws at a solid level. You're just standing there with no defense and it's the same fairly short shot every time. Takes work and time, I get that. So, I excuse first year frosh or maybe as a soph. But at the very least as a junior, should be money.
Larry Bird said that a buddy joined him every morning to shoot free throws before high school, then quit showing up. Larry kept doing it every morning. Late in the season the guy missed a couple and they lost. Larry told him "I guess you should've been shooting them free throws".
I guess it's tougher for bigger guys. Longer levers to coordinate, finesse isn't their game, etc. Shaq never got it. Shooters though, need to push 80% .