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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 65659, member: 767"]
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers this.  Fab was swishing free throws in that exhibition game, and then he gets to the line in the regular season, and nothing.

The only thing I'd say somewhat in his defense are the sample sizes are so small in college a bad stretch from the line can really hurt you.

He went from 75% to 66%.  Definitely really bad, in terms of a drop, but the difference between that and th eyear prior was like 8 or 9 free throws.  Not trying to minimize it, those 8 or 9 points could hurt us over the course of the season, but I'm more willing to write off, so to speak, a down year at the line from a player because of that.  (Which isn't to say being a little chubby didn't effect his FT %.)  Scoop for his career is about a 72% shooter from the line, so I'd set the over/under thereabouts for next year.

I do agree with the general point; either we like to recruit guys who can't shoot FT or we don't emphasize it enough.  Since 2003, we've been 70% or better once, in 2007, and that was 70%.  Our best ranking is 150th, so we've never been in the top half of the country in free throw shooting.  Mind boggling.
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