FT% in close losses

BLING · Feb 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM

RealGatorFan said: ↑

There are 3 areas that will doom us if they show up come tourney time and FT shooting is one of them. The other 2 are - 1st half starts and defensive rebounding. We are the worst 1st half team in the Top 25 this year. At home, we aren't bad but on the road against anyone we are ranked 52nd in 1st half scoring margin. FT %.....well not good at all here. We are ranked 212th in FT shooting. No way to sugar coat that. If I'm defending us in March, I'm telling my team to foul as much as possible. Put Florida at the charity stripe rather than have them score in play. Then defensive rebounding. We are ranked 90th. Defensive rebounding enables fast breaks that lead to 3 point plays and it steals a possession and prevents them from getting fouled.
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The “slow starts” thing could definitely come into play. A lot of teams seem to encounter “stiff rims” in the tournament. That’s how those early upsets often happen!

We do have a lot going for us to have it in position as a top 10 and likely 2 seed as of now. I guess the things to nitpick are why we aren’t ranked #1. But I hope/think our pace helps us at least overwhelm a 15/2 matchup. I always felt the slow it down style begs to be upset by any team that gets hot (just ask UVA and Perdue). After that 1st round game anybody can beat anybody, not much is surprising.

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