CougCenter: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
Around SBN: Kickball - SB Nation presents KICK! at SXSW in Austin

AUDIO: CougCenter Podcast, Episode 14

Just Grady and I this week, as we had a bit of an issue with our recording time. But to make up for it, we talk extra long -- 42 minutes worth of football and basketball! (Mostly basketball.)

As a side note, we'll apologize again for some of the pops and noises that seem to find their way into the recording through TalkShoe. The good news is that we're actively working on improving our technology to dramatically improve our sound quality. I've been working with Ty Hildenbrandt of The Solid Verbal podcast (if you love college football, it should be required listening) to get ideas to upgrade some things, and you should notice some pretty big differences soon. (You might already notice some small differences if you're listening carefully.)

As usual you can listen to the audio via the player below, or visit our podcast page for myriad subscription options. You can also find us in the iTunes directory under keyword "CougCenter." The advantage of subscribing? Besides having the audio directly delivered to your player of choice, I often upload the audio to the podcast site before posting it here.

Also, if you're interested, Paul Wulff's Tuesday teleconference is available via our podcast player on the right side of the page, or on our podcast page. (If you subscribe, you've already got it.) We just didn't put it up on the main page this week.

0 recs  |  Comment 2 comments |

Story-email Email Printer Print

More from CougCenter

Oregon 74, Washington State 66

Mar 2010 by Grady. - 2 comments

Oregon State 59, WSU 55

Mar 2010 by Grady. - 31 comments

A reason for hope?

Mar 2010 by Jeff Nusser - 4 comments

Comments

Display:

Great stuff guys!

I hadn’t really thought of the fact that making even one free throw per possession is average. Is 1ppp really average? I looked at the KenPom stats and last season 101.4 was average, so that’s 1.014 ppp. I guess that still means that shooting free throws at anything better than 50% is better than average offensive efficiency, which must be a large part of why teams who shoot a lot of free throws tend to win. Hadn’t really thought about it that way before!

by johnnycougar on Nov 19, 2009 12:58 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

That's pretty much it in a nutshell

There was a great piece on Memphis two years ago by Basketball Prospectus regarding all the handwringing over the Tigers’ poor free throw shooting. This, essentially, was the point that was made.

Here are a couple of reads for you:
http://ww.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=109&nocache=1256670243
http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=275

The point, essentially, is that there is no such thing as a bad trip to the free throw line, no matter how poorly your team shoots from there. It doesn’t even generally have that much of an effect on a close game.

Of course, these were written before Memphis clanked their way to a final game loss to Kansas …

by Jeff Nusser on Nov 19, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to CougCenter, a blog dedicated to Washington State University athletics.

Community Guidelines
Start posting about the Cougars »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

Connect_with_facebook

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

No_pepper_small
Spring Fever
Small
Taylor Rochestie Interview from Goettingen, Germany
Small
For levity's sake
Summercamp4_small
Need a little help...
Small
Cougars on Lexy.com
Small
Gold medal game open thread
Small
Cougs sweep Friday's doubleheader
Small
Anyone Interested in a Little Viewing Party?
Small
The Air is a Crisp 45º Outside Beasley Coliseum
Arizona_small
Olympic Hockey Open Thread.

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >


Facebook

In addition to Twitter @CougCenter, find us on Facebook!

CougCenter.com on Facebook

Go Cougs


Official Partner of CBS Sports