JogginFrog
Active Member
Noticed chatter in the Baylor game thread about the importance of free-throw shooting in the postseason, and TCU's inconsistency at the line.
We've grown accustomed to complaining about the Frogs' terrible FT shooting. TCU has been bad in the Dixon era, with only one JD-coached team scratching out 70% for a season--Brodziansky's senior year in '17-'18. The low-water mark was '19-'20 at 63.7%. That's awful.
But the Frogs have improved every season since then:
19-20 - .637
20-21 - .672
21-22 - .674
22-23 - .699
23-24 - .723 (to date)
The current mark puts the Frogs at 161st nationally and 8th in the Big 12, where the mean is .718.
Time to face facts--TCU has upgraded to average at the line.
Maybe more important is that only 2 guys who see regular playing time are below 70% for the year: Udeh at 55% and Peavy at 60%. When you can put four or five guys who average 70%+ on the floor late in games, you're getting somewhere.
We've grown accustomed to complaining about the Frogs' terrible FT shooting. TCU has been bad in the Dixon era, with only one JD-coached team scratching out 70% for a season--Brodziansky's senior year in '17-'18. The low-water mark was '19-'20 at 63.7%. That's awful.
But the Frogs have improved every season since then:
19-20 - .637
20-21 - .672
21-22 - .674
22-23 - .699
23-24 - .723 (to date)
The current mark puts the Frogs at 161st nationally and 8th in the Big 12, where the mean is .718.
Time to face facts--TCU has upgraded to average at the line.
Maybe more important is that only 2 guys who see regular playing time are below 70% for the year: Udeh at 55% and Peavy at 60%. When you can put four or five guys who average 70%+ on the floor late in games, you're getting somewhere.