I'm not liking the free throw percentage, that's gonna cost us a game or 2 in the Big Ten.
Pemsl killed our percentage single handedly this game tho. Then Uhl missing 2 meaningless ones at the end made it worse than it really was. The only really bad one is Wagner. He almost has to get lucky 5o make them.
FT % skewed a bit for this game with CM and Baer out, guys who will be playing, and good FT shooters...
Nice problem to have so many options to plug and play this year...what Fran ball needs to hit on all cylinders...fast paced, wearing out the opponents with waves of similar players.
Agree on Pemsl...he is a foul drawing machine...make them bro!
Pemsl is the one I'm most concerned about. He is so good underneath the basket that he is going to draw a lot of fouls. He's also someone I'd want in the game at the end. I was hoping he'd work on his free throws during the off season.
Baer, in my memory, makes the free throws that matter...end of the game, close game. FT % is irrelevant, for games vs Chico State, Alabama State etc where Iowa could go 0-40 at the line and still win the game...1/2 of the schedule perhaps.
Baer, in my memory, makes the free throws that matter...end of the game, close game. FT % is irrelevant, for games vs Chico State, Alabama State etc where Iowa could go 0-40 at the line and still win the game...1/2 of the schedule perhaps.
It isn't how many, but when...
We have a poor sample so far with Nunge and Garza but reportedly both can make free throws...this will continue...
Pemsl and Cook are problematic...a history of missing many of them, with poor shooting technique...although I haven't seen their stroke so far this year.
MG, for example, wasn't a bad FT shooter...but was a terrible shooter when it mattered, for the most part. This has been a problem for Iowa for a long time...needs to be fixed if a move up will happen.
Perhaps with such a big lead, Garza, etc. just aren't paying attention to the FT line...enough.
My two cents...