Mar 4th, 2009
Making Free Throws May NOT Make Your Team a Winner
There’s a fascinating story out on the wires written by John Branch of the New York Times that suggests that belies old adage about winning basketball teams make their free throws.
Time lapse photo of basketball going into a hoop
In fact, Branch points out that only one team currently ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 ranking (the North Carolina Tar Heels, presently ranked #2) is also in the top ranks for free throw percentages.
The average percentage, NCAA-wide, for made free throws is about 69 percent year after year. It’s a bit
higher in the National Basketball Association, but not much, coming in at around 75 percent.
Again, a very interesting article for any B-Ball junkies out there.
Here’s the link to “For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help.”