Forget dunker. Who is the best FT shooter we had
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Roche was good. Winters seemed to be good. I can't remember his percentage.
Most players can make a dunk 75% of the time. How many can make a little ole FT 75%?
BJ McKie had to be up there. I have fond memories playing him when he was at Irmo ( I played for Lexington 94-95). When I say fond, I hated it. He would get into the lane and jump into you. The refs would call a foul every freak time. It was BS!!! But, I'm glad he ended up at USC. Had a great career.
I can remember Chuck Eidson being pretty good. Might not have been the best, but memorable.
Sin was good his senior year. I seem to remember Brent Price being a great shooter, too.
Have we... Ever had a good one? I mean I know the people who were around in the 60s probably saw some good ones back when free throw shooting was important in basketball. These days nobody seems to care and I don’t get it.
I think I recall BJ being a good one...
* ok I cheated- Brenton Williams is the leader all time. Ya’ll remember him? Averaged 88.5% from the stripe for his CAREER! Wow!! Our best FT shooter on today’s team is Lawson barely clinging to 70%.
I think I recall BJ being a good one...
* ok I cheated- Brenton Williams is the leader all time. Ya’ll remember him? Averaged 88.5% from the stripe for his CAREER! Wow!! Our best FT shooter on today’s team is Lawson barely clinging to 70%.
I bet Brent Price is up there in the late eighties
I would agree on the above posters about Brent Price. Unfortunately he finished out as an Oklahoma Sooner.
Roche...he once made 41, I believe, in a row in games.
signum crucis once ruled the day..........or to paraphrase frank when a priest asked him if making the gesture helped his players make free throws?.......”not if they can’t shoot.”
I doubt anyone remembers Brenton Williams being Mr clutch from the FT line. But shooting near 90 percent and a better percentage than Brent Price is pretty phenomenal.
Jamel Bradley..90 something percent I think.....the West Virginia long rifle! Name given by Mike Morgan.
Think it was 31and if I recall one of the games included was vs Austin Carr’s Notre Dame.
Can tell the difference in age on the board. It was John Roche. Had the smoothest free throw motion I’ve ever seen.
John Roche had to be in the 90% range during his career. If college basketball had the three point shot back then, Roche probably would have had an additional 100 points I. His career.
Pete Maravich AVERAGED 44.2 POINTS PER GAME in his LSU career (83 games), without the three point shot! Let that sink in!
Pete Maravich AVERAGED 44.2 POINTS PER GAME in his LSU career (83 games), without the three point shot! Let that sink in!
John Roche Career:
SUMMARY
Career
G
479
PTS
11.2
TRB
1.5
AST
3.9
FG%
46.9
FG3%
35.5
FT%
79.2
eFG%
49.0
Roche was clutch. Kevin Joyce could shoot them if I remember correctly, though the statistics may show it differently.
Not Mike Morgan but the old announcer that was disliked by many, Charlie McAlexander.
Though not a Gamecock (but since rooster mentioned Rick Barry) one of the best I ever saw in college was Mark Price.
How about odd ft how about off FT motions since Barry was mentioned? Hal Greer with the jumpshot, Jamaal Wilkes with "'round the world," and Wilt.
Wilt - underhanded, one handed, two handed, the rocket shot, bank shot, etc. wilt tried every form. Remember the old NBA rule "3 to make 2"? Wilt needed 5 to make 2.
How about odd ft how about off FT motions since Barry was mentioned? Hal Greer with the jumpshot, Jamaal Wilkes with "'round the world," and Wilt.
Wilt - underhanded, one handed, two handed, the rocket shot, bank shot, etc. wilt tried every form. Remember the old NBA rule "3 to make 2"? Wilt needed 5 to make 2.
Though not a Gamecock (but since rooster mentioned Rick Barry) one of the best I ever saw in college was Mark Price.
How about odd ft how about off FT motions since Barry was mentioned? Hal Greer with the jumpshot
How about odd ft how about off FT motions since Barry was mentioned? Hal Greer with the jumpshot
I remember him! I mentioned him in a thread yesterday I think. His senior year, he was incredible from the FT line!
I found different stats. 83, 81 and 82% for 3 years. So I don't know where the 79.1 comes from.
This must be Roches pro stats. He didn’t play college ball when three pointers were allowed.
As I recall, Brenton Williams once made about 50 in a row. In pretty sure that was a school record as well. He became an excellent free throw shooter.
It seems like Larry Davis shot a high percentage also.
