03-16-2026, 11:55 PM
(03-16-2026, 07:32 PM)Nobadeer Wrote: According to the stats at Bart Torvik's site, it appears that LSJU was the third worst Power 4 team in FTRD, i.e., defensive free throw rate, ahead of only Texas and Vanderbilt. Unsurprising given the brobdingnagian disparity in FTs taken during the 8 ACC road games on the East Coast.
LSJU, Texas and Vandy were all above 40% in FTRD.
Interestingly, two of LSJU's ACC foes, Duke and UNC, were second and third best in FTRD, at only ~ 23%. Hmmmm. Maybe the ACC refs really favor Duke and UNC? Nah. Not enough at stake for the conference . . .
Note that when Stanford played Duke at Maples in January, the FTRD figures differed ENORMOUSLY.
Duke gave up 10 FT attempts and 50 FG attempts to the Cardinal, for a rating of 20%.
Stanford gave up 28 FT attempts and 50 FG attempts to Duke for a FTRD of 56%.
Maybe it's not just the ACC refs that account for the big difference in season's FTRD percentages.
