Author:
An Observer
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Date Posted: 10:14:56 02/04/26 Wed
I'm interested whenever opponents' free throw percentage stands out. Following up on observer:
(1) Similar to when opponents shoot 60% from behind the three-point arc for a half or even a game, luck matters. But eventually, reversion to the mean occurs.
(2) Congratulations to Penn fans, I presume, for screaming and yelling enough to make a difference. I'm surprised that Jadwin doesn't lower opponents' free throw shooting. The "airplane hanger" is certainly the venue that Ivy opponents complain about the most in terms of shooting background.
(3) As Go Green suggested, other parts of the game can affect a team's free throw shooting, at least in theory. If you press for 40 minutes, you're going to be tired at the line with five seconds left. Also, some players (and therefore some teams) just seem to be more calm and composed at the line with the game on the line. Maybe it's my imagination, but you can almost see it in a player's face. Can a team (or a crowd) affect an opponent's composure at crunch time? Maybe.
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