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Indy Coug · 03-20-2007, 05:14 PM

Let's take a look at how BYU's leading FT shooters (as measured only by FT attempts) have fared relative to the rest of the team by season. I've listed all FT shooters that had 100 or more attempts in a season. The only exception is 2005 when no one had over 100 attempts and Mike Hall had 95.

Sum of players with 100+ FTA

Code:

Player	Year	FT	FTA	FT%	Diff
Wesley	2001	179	222	0.806	0.061
Lyday	2001	162	197	0.822	0.077
Hansen	2002	138	182	0.758	0.013
Bigelow	2002	106	132	0.803	0.058
Hansen	2003	163	204	0.799	0.084
Bigelow	2003	93	112	0.830	0.115
Araujo	2004	122	169	0.722	0.041
Bigelow	2004	104	129	0.806	0.125
Hall	2004	98	134	0.731	0.050
Hall	2005	74	95	0.779	0.070
Trent	2006	106	172	0.616	-0.135
Trent	2007	96	195	0.492	-0.201
Young	2007	118	147	0.803	0.109

Note the "Diff" column to see how much better they shot than the sub-100 FTA guys collectively did. Who's the ONLY person in that list to shoot worse than the remainder of the team as a whole? That's a HUGE difference compared to other past FT team leaders.

Sum of players with less than 100 FTA:

Code:

Year	FT	FTA	FT%
2001	310	416	0.745
2002	280	376	0.745
2003	319	446	0.715
2004	177	260	0.681
2005	304	429	0.709
2006	335	446	0.751
2007	240	346	0.694

Two of the worst FT shooters this year with less than 100 FTA were Balderson (62.8%) and Broadus (58.3%) and they don't return next year.

So the key to success primarily rests on the shoulders of one or two FT shooters because the remaining group's numbers have been relatively stable.

03-20-2007, 05:14 PM	#11
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	Let's take a look at how BYU's leading FT shooters (as measured only by FT attempts) have fared relative to the rest of the team by season. I've listed all FT shooters that had 100 or more attempts in a season. The only exception is 2005 when no one had over 100 attempts and Mike Hall had 95. Sum of players with 100+ FTA Code: Player Year FT FTA FT% Diff Wesley 2001 179 222 0.806 0.061 Lyday 2001 162 197 0.822 0.077 Hansen 2002 138 182 0.758 0.013 Bigelow 2002 106 132 0.803 0.058 Hansen 2003 163 204 0.799 0.084 Bigelow 2003 93 112 0.830 0.115 Araujo 2004 122 169 0.722 0.041 Bigelow 2004 104 129 0.806 0.125 Hall 2004 98 134 0.731 0.050 Hall 2005 74 95 0.779 0.070 Trent 2006 106 172 0.616 -0.135 Trent 2007 96 195 0.492 -0.201 Young 2007 118 147 0.803 0.109 Note the "Diff" column to see how much better they shot than the sub-100 FTA guys collectively did. Who's the ONLY person in that list to shoot worse than the remainder of the team as a whole? That's a HUGE difference compared to other past FT team leaders. Sum of players with less than 100 FTA: Code: Year FT FTA FT% 2001 310 416 0.745 2002 280 376 0.745 2003 319 446 0.715 2004 177 260 0.681 2005 304 429 0.709 2006 335 446 0.751 2007 240 346 0.694 Two of the worst FT shooters this year with less than 100 FTA were Balderson (62.8%) and Broadus (58.3%) and they don't return next year. So the key to success primarily rests on the shoulders of one or two FT shooters because the remaining group's numbers have been *relatively* stable. Last edited by Indy Coug; 03-20-2007 at 05:17 PM.