A site that had stats for Nunge's Soph thru Sr seasons indicated that he shot a consistent 80-81% all 3 seasons. I'm not sure about Garza. If HS stats are an indicator I'd also expect Kriener to become respectable as he shot 72.6% as a Sr. Pemsl was average (64.9% as a Sr), but maybe Coach Speraw can work the same magic he did with Woody.
Thanks for the stats DanL. Last year Cook and Pemsl were a solid 2nd and 3rd in FT attempts. Unless Wagner's minutes go up, I think it's a lot more key that Cook and Pemsl get that extra 5.5% (or hopefully more). If the trio of Kriener, Nunge, and Garza could come in around a collective 70% we might not cringe every time a Big goes to the line.Actually Uhl jumped up from .586 to .673. His frosh season he was .524. But, Wagner did regress from .524 to .463.
If we take Wagner and Uhl combined from frosh to soph? It barely changes. From 30-58 when they were freshmen (different season...I get that) to only 72-140 as sophs. The reason for this was Wagner's miserable soph year of only 38-82. That's the .463.
But if we look at Woody, Gabe...White...I just picked three bigs. Let's see what happens:
As frosh: 151-230 for .657. As sophs: 315-427 for .738. If we want to separate those:
White: .699 to .748
Woody: .509 to .710
Gabe: .694 to .730
So of five guys we see four showed improvement from frosh to soph and one digressed. What's the overall # for these five from frosh to soph? 181-288 for .628 and 387-567 for .5.5% improvement. Not just improvement in percentage but notice the near doubling in attempts!
I'd say it is fair to expect a 5.5% improvement, and more so if Wagner even returns to his rotten frosh form.
That would put our bigs..if history permits, at Cook 65.3% and Pemsl at 63%. Probably won't make too many people happy...but not entirely a disaster. The key...is getting Wagner going.
Time for Dan's Red Face.
) I really think Iowa fas are going to like Luka's warrior ways. 
I actually expect Moss and Cook to draw the most fouls (shoot the most FTs) based on their attacking style of play. JB is working on in-the-lane plays, but his bread and butter is obviously the 3pter.
Understand your concern ER. Free throws are a big deal However both Nunge, and Garza were 75 to 80% free throw shooters in high school. Woody, for example shot like 46 to 48% in high school. I know it was below 50%, because I remember the concerns. He shot around 50% as a freshman at Iowa, and improved to being a 70% or so shooter. Cook and Pemsl struggled the first part of last year. Then they both picked it up quite a bit, and were stroking about 70% for awhile. Both fell off a little toward the end of the year, but I think there's evidence they'll put in the work and keep improving. Not concerned with the two frosh, as both are much better perimeter shooters then Woody, Cook, or Pemsl, so I think they have the stroke to be solid.
Garza averaged 77.90 for his varsity career.A site that had stats for Nunge's Soph thru Sr seasons indicated that he shot a consistent 80-81% all 3 seasons. I'm not sure about Garza. If HS stats are an indicator I'd also expect Kriener to become respectable as he shot 72.6% as a Sr. Pemsl was average (64.9% as a Sr), but maybe Coach Speraw can work the same magic he did with Woody.
A site that had stats for Nunge's Soph thru Sr seasons indicated that he shot a consistent 80-81% all 3 seasons. I'm not sure about Garza. If HS stats are an indicator I'd also expect Kriener to become respectable as he shot 72.6% as a Sr. Pemsl was average (64.9% as a Sr), but maybe Coach Speraw can work the same magic he did with Woody.
Bohannon won't draw as many fouls, but it's always key to have a PG that can shoot FT's.Even though Fran is willing to use other ball handlers, in late game situations, he can use his primary ball handler if he's a good FT shooter.
Agreed Legend. I'm not much into studying mechanics, but his shot looks good. It's a bit perplexing how he could take that form and shoot under 58% as a freshman. I kept waiting for the lid to come off the basket.
Not sure if anyone other than Rick Barry could do that with success. If anyone knows of others who shot 'em that way, let me know. Maybe Pistol Pete could have and who knows?
Not sure if anyone other than Rick Barry could do that with success. If anyone knows of others who shot 'em that way, let me know. Maybe Pistol Pete could have and who knows?
I found a old video of Chris Anderson shooting underhand FTs against the Lakers due to a fractured wrist.yeah, I think Ollie was only 2-4 for the Hickory Huskers
Yes, Rick's son Canyon, who played for The College of Charleston, shot free throws like his dad Rick. Canyon was signed by the Knicks recently. He shot 88.3% underhanded while at Charleston. Not too shabby.
It sure didn't work for Wilt lol. He not only tried underhanded, but every other technique that existed back then, and they didn't help.
