Butler's Free Throw Shooting

[Demondog]

As great as Butler played Saturday night he has got to improve his free throw shooting. Not really sure, just asking but have we had another point guard shoot free throws at a 62.8% clip? There was a thread that stated that we were the best in the nation, my thought is that we could be but having a team average of 70.3% is well below the 73 -75 national percentile. Even though it was a good win it should not have been that close, of the 10 free throws missed Butler missed 5.

 

[Smashcat]

but having a team average of 70.3% is well below the 73 -75 national percentile.

That will come back to bite us.

 

[king of cali]

Turner and Rondo.

 

[ala_kat2]

I don’t know if there’s something wrong with his shouting form or if he’s just not putting enough emphasis on it. Anyone who can hit 6-6 threes should be able to hit free throws. If I had to guess, I’d say that he’s just not taking them seriously enough especially early in the game.

 

[Fitch44]

Up 30-22 in first half and over the course of a min we miss 4 in a row. 2 by Amari and 2 by butler.
I was so pissed.
Free throws will decide lots of games in sec, I hope it improves.

 

[ala_kat2]

Turner and Rondo.

Yes, but those guys couldn’t make shots from 3-pt range.

 

[JFCats22]

FTs cost Illinois an upset of Tennessee on Saturday. UK has to improve at the FT line.

 

[JonathanW]

I have us at 72.3%, not 70.3%.

But I still agree, that Butler and Garrison need to improve their FT %. Williams, is FT shot is so F*ed up there is no quick-fix to that, that would take a summer of work to fix. But EVERYONE else on the team (except those 3) is 75%+.

 

[westerncat]

As great as Butler played Saturday night he has got to improve his free throw shooting. Not really sure, just asking but have we had another point guard shoot free throws at a 62.8% clip? There was a thread that stated that we were the best in the nation, my thought is that we could be but having a team average of 70.3% is well below the 73 -75 national percentile. Even though it was a good win it should not have been that close, of the 10 free throws missed Butler missed 5.

Played i think 32 minutes, I think he will be fine. Williams is the one that needs to work on his FT's .

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Butler's stroke looks reasonably good from the stripe. He just needs confidence and smash it.

 

[G-PIP]

Butler is actually shooting FTs better than he did last season. But that is odd too because he shot well above 70% at the FT line his sophomore and junior seasons. I don't have a good guess for why Butler doesn't shoot FTs a little better. His form looks ok, and he's proven he can shoot it more consistently.

 

[Ron Mehico]

Been one of the bigger disappointments for me this year, hopefully we can improve from the stripe as season goes on.

 

[The_Answer1313]

He's at 66.8% in his college career.

I mean it's great to hope that he improves but realistically I think we should just all expect around that mark.

 

[G-PIP]

FTs cost Illinois an upset of Tennessee on Saturday. UK has to improve at the FT line.

The "problem" for UK a little bit is that two of the 3 guys going to the line the most (Williams and Butler) are shooting the worst from the FT line (62% - Garrison is basically 62% also). Butler has proven in the past that he can be a better FT shooter, but Williams is right in line with his history - and with the form and way he looks shooting FTs, I'm kind of surprised Williams shoots it as well as he does.

 

[The_Answer1313]

The D-1 avg this year is 71.4%
We are at 72.3% as a team

So it's not as if we are awful. We are just average. That's ok.

Might it be our downfall in a specific game. Yeah sure. As pretty much any other stat in a specific game.

Wisconsin is currently at 84.8%. But in a single game scenario it could be their downfall as well.

 

[Slowwalker]

I don’t know if there’s something wrong with his shouting form or if he’s just not putting enough emphasis on it. Anyone who can hit 6-6 threes should be able to hit free throws. If I had to guess, I’d say that he’s just not taking them seriously enough especially early in the game.

Some players do better when they catch and shoot or don’t have to think about the shot too much. He could just be inside his own head…

 

[Slowwalker]

He’s up from his 59.4% last season….oof! I think I could beat that.

 

[HeartofUlis]

He said he would work on it. That's really all we can ask.

 

[UKSanders]

Turner and Rondo.

Forgot Rondo was so bad...
NBA = 41.8%
UK = 57.7%

 

[UKSanders]

The "problem" for UK a little bit is that two of the 3 guys going to the line the most (Williams and Butler) are shooting the worst from the FT line (62% - Garrison is basically 62% also). Butler has proven in the past that he can be a better FT shooter, but Williams is right in line with his history - and with the form and way he looks shooting FTs, I'm kind of surprised Williams shoots it as well as he does.

Yep, with Williams, I commented earlier this season that if he would just use a LITTLE more arc, his FT% would go up...he just shoots such a line drive

 

[Smashcat]

Forgot Rondo was so bad...
NBA = 41.8%
UK = 57.7%