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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2078873, member: 289"]
The SU Media Guide says his streak was 34, tied with Mike Lee in 1971-72.

I checked the 2011-12 Media Guide and it doesn't list a record for consecutive free throws at all. I looked at the box scores for that year's games, (also in the Media Guide). Triche went:

3 for 4 vs. Georgetown on 2/9/11
3 for 3 vs. Louisville on 2/12/11
4 for 4 vs. West Virginia 2/14/11
9 for 9 vs. Rutgers 2/19/11
2 for 2 vs. Villanova 2/21/11
6 for 6 vs. Georgetown 2/26/11
2 for 2 vs. DePaul 3/5/11
8 for 8 vs. St. John's 3/10/11
0 for 0 vs. Connecticut 3/11/11
3 for 4 vs. Indiana State 3/18/11

if you add up the totals from Louisville to Connecticut, they total 34 for 34. Amazingly, the play-by-play for the 2/9 Georgetown game still exists on ESPN's site: [URL='http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=310400183']Georgetown vs. Syracuse - Play-By-Play - February 9, 2011 - ESPN[/URL]  It shows Triche missed the firs tof two free throws at 19:49 of the second half, made the second and made too more at 4:08. Strangely, ESPN doesn't have the play by play for the Indiana State NCAA game. But the article you linked said that Brandon missed the first of two at 15:23 of the second half. They were probably his first free throws of the game.  Making the last three in the 2/9 Georgetown game would thus have given him 37 in a row. Whoever put the consecutive free throw information in the subsequent media guides must have just counted the games where he was perfect.
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